abelard
2018-09-21 23:19:17 UTC
'Laval sneered at such tomfoolery. "These silly amateurs," he
explained to a diplomat, "perhaps think they know how to tear the
french away from representative institutions. they are wrong. the
French people will not give them up as easily as that. The only way to
make it forget them is to administer a stiff dose of Socialism. I have
finally come round full circle, I have returned to my youth. I alone
am capable of severing the masses from democracy." His meaning was
clear enough. Petain's gang was perfectly sure that Laval would take
advantage of the understanding he was so eager to make with Hitler to
set up a totalitarian state.'
p496
written in 1944
from 'the gravediggers of france' by 'pertinax'
this refers to around 1941 with the vichy french politicians
considering such actions as turning france on the uk in
concert with national socialist germany.
explained to a diplomat, "perhaps think they know how to tear the
french away from representative institutions. they are wrong. the
French people will not give them up as easily as that. The only way to
make it forget them is to administer a stiff dose of Socialism. I have
finally come round full circle, I have returned to my youth. I alone
am capable of severing the masses from democracy." His meaning was
clear enough. Petain's gang was perfectly sure that Laval would take
advantage of the understanding he was so eager to make with Hitler to
set up a totalitarian state.'
p496
written in 1944
from 'the gravediggers of france' by 'pertinax'
this refers to around 1941 with the vichy french politicians
considering such actions as turning france on the uk in
concert with national socialist germany.
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