When was Combat newspaper founded?
Combat was founded in 1941 as a clandestine newspaper of the French Resistance. It was printed in secret during the German occupation of France.
Questions about Combat (newspaper)
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Who edited Combat newspaper during and after World War Two?
Albert Camus served as Combat's editor in chief from 1943 to 1947. Production during the war years was directed by Andre Bollier, who died as a result of Milice repression.
Who contributed to Combat newspaper after the liberation of France?
Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Andre Malraux, Emmanuel Mounier, Raymond Aron, and Pierre Herbart all contributed to Combat in its postwar years. Albert Ollivier, Jean-Paul de Dadelsen, Jean Bloch-Michel, and Georges Altschuler were among the main participants in the paper's production.
What was Combat newspaper's circulation in 1945?
Combat printed 185,000 copies per edition in January 1945, falling to 150,000 by August of the same year. By comparison, the Communist daily L'Humanite was printing 500,000 copies during the same period.
What did Combat newspaper do during the May 1968 crisis?
Combat backed the student movement during the May 1968 crisis, approaching it from a Stalinist perspective. On the 3rd of June 1968, the paper published a falsified version of the 'Address to All Workers,' stripping out references to the Situationist International and removing passages that attacked Stalinists.
When did Combat newspaper close and why?
Combat ceased publication in August 1974, the month after its owner Henri Smadja died by suicide on the 14th of July 1974. The paper's editor Philippe Tesson had already resigned in March 1974 to found Le Quotidien de Paris, which he conceived as Combat's successor.