Otto Abetz and His Paris Acolytes
French Writers Who Flirted with Fascism, 1930–1945
Nonfiction, History, France, Military, World War II
| Author: | Martin Mauthner | ISBN: | 9781782842958 |
| Publisher: | Sussex Academic Press | Publication: | April 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Sussex Academic Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Martin Mauthner |
| ISBN: | 9781782842958 |
| Publisher: | Sussex Academic Press |
| Publication: | April 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Sussex Academic Press |
| Language: | English |
Before Hitler comes to power Otto Abetz is a left-wing Francophile teacher in provincial Germany, mobilizing young French and German idealists to work together for peace through Franco-German reconciliation and a united Europe. Abetz marries a French girl but after 1933 succumbs to the Nazi sirens. Ribbentrop recruits him as his expert on France, tasking him with soothing the nervous French, as Hitler turns Germany into a war machine. Abetz builds up a network of opinion-moulding French men and women who admire the Nazis and detest the Bolsheviks, and encourages them to use their pens to highlight Hitler's triumphs.
Before Hitler comes to power Otto Abetz is a left-wing Francophile teacher in provincial Germany, mobilizing young French and German idealists to work together for peace through Franco-German reconciliation and a united Europe. Abetz marries a French girl but after 1933 succumbs to the Nazi sirens. Ribbentrop recruits him as his expert on France, tasking him with soothing the nervous French, as Hitler turns Germany into a war machine. Abetz builds up a network of opinion-moulding French men and women who admire the Nazis and detest the Bolsheviks, and encourages them to use their pens to highlight Hitler's triumphs.
