Annie Kriegel
Annie Kriegel, née Annie Becker (9 September 1926 – 26 August 1995) was a French historian, a leading expert on communist studies and the history of Communism, a cofounder (1982) of the academic journal Communisme (with Stéphane Courtois), and a columnist for Le Figaro.[1]
Annie Kriegel | |
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 Annie Kriegel in 1947 | |
| Born | Annie Becker 9 September 1926 |
| Died | 26 August 1995 (aged 68) Paris, France |
| Education | École normale supérieure de jeunes filles University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Spouse(s) | Guy Besse Arthur Kriegel |
| Family | Jean-Jacques Becker (brother) |
As a student, Kriegel was a member of the French Communist Party but changed her political views after the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956 and became an outspoken anticommunist. She collaborated with Donald Blackmer to co-author the 1975 book The International Role of the Communist Parties of Italy and France,Cambridge, Mass.: Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.
Her brother was the historian Jean-Jacques Becker, and she was married to Arthur Kriegel, a brother of Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont. The Association d'études et de recherches en sciences sociales Annie Kriegel is named in her honour.
Selected works
- 1920. Le Congrès de Tours. Naissance du PCF, Paris, Julliard, 1964.
- Les Communistes français : essai d'ethnographie politique, Paris, Seuil, 1968.
- Les Grands Procès dans les systèmes communistes, Paris, Gallimard, 1972.
- Communismes au miroir français, Paris, Gallimard, 1974.
- Ce que j'ai cru comprendre (mémoires), Paris, Robert Laffont, 1991, 842 p.