Author: Prouvost, Jean [1885-1978] ; editor:
Title: Sept Jours [a collection of 8 issues, ca. March-December 1941]
Description: Lyon, 1941. 41x28cm, EIGHT ISSUES.. Worn. Some issues torn. Just Good. ¶ This is a collection of 8 issues of the popular French newsweekly, all issued in 1941, during the Vichy regime / German occupation of France. Issues run ca. 19 pages each and are profusely illustrated. Published at Lyon. Includes issues for 20 mars, 26 octobre, 2 novembre, 6 november, 9 novembre, 23 november, 30 november 7 décembre, ["Jean Prouvost (born 24 April 1885 in Roubaix, died on 18 October 1978 in Yvoy-le-Marron) was a businessman, media owner and French politician. Prouvost was best known for building and owning the publications that became France-Soir, Paris Match, and Télé 7 Jours...During the Second World War, on 6 June 1940, with France on the verge of surrender, Prouvost became information minister in the Reynaud government and on 19 June 1940 High Commissioner for Information in the Petain government, a post he resigned on 10 July 1940, when Pétain took dictatorial powers. During the Occupation, two versions of Paris-Soir were published: one in Paris, a collaborationist daily disowned by Jean Prouvost and his colleagues, and another published in Lyon. During this period, Jean Prouvost was hated by both the Vichy regime and by the Resistance. At the Liberation he was charged with Indignité nationale, the criminal offense of collaboration with the Nazi regime, but the High Court dismissed the charge in 1947..." - wikipedia]

Keywords: French Political History, World War Two, Vichy France, German Occupation, Journalism, Periodicals, Photojournalism, ,