Revue d'histoire du fascisme

Revue d'histoire du fascisme (English: "Journal of the History of Fascism") was a neo-Nazi[1] magazine established by François Duprat and published between 1972 and 1977.[2][3]

The quarterly magazine was launched in May 1972 by Duprat. Soon after, it sought to rehabilitate the pre-WWII fascist movements via the study of fascism by lenient authors.[2] Maurice Bardèche published articles in the magazine.[2][4]

In a 1976 issue, Duprat reproached the Vichy regime for the nomination of Xavier Vallat, who was deemed "too moderate", as the head of the Commissariat-General for Jewish Affairs.[5]

Duprat saw history as a political weapon, stating in May 1976:

We must not let to our opponents, Marxists and régimistes,[lower-alpha 1] the monopoly of the historical representation of men, facts and ideas. Because History is a wonderful war instrument, and it would be useless to deny that one of the important reasons of our political hardships resides in the historical exploitation and the systematic deformation of the nationalist experiences of the past... It is in order to answer these needs... that a team of intellectuals, professors and nationalists have created the Revue d'histoire du fascisme."[6]

Notes

Footnotes
  1. This is a neologism which alludes to legalistic supporters of the "political regime" of the Republic.

References
  1. Atkins, Stephen E. (2009). Holocaust Denial as an International Movement. ABC-CLIO. p. 91. ISBN 9780313345388.
  2. Igounet, Valérie (2009-10-01). Histoire du négationnisme en France (in French). Le Seuil. p. 165. ISBN 9782021009538.
  3. Dumont, Serge (1983). Les brigades noires: l'extrême-droite en France et en Belgique francophone, de 1944 à nos jours (in French). EPO. p. 27. ISBN 9782870031728.
  4. Revue d'histoire de la Shoah: le monde juif (in French). La revue du Centre de documentation juive contemporaine. 1999. p. 27.
  5. Chatain, Jean (1987-01-01). Les Affaires de M. Le Pen (in French). FeniXX réédition numérique. ISBN 9782402039703.
  6. François Duprat. « Front historique », Année Zéro, May 1976.
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