The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach.

Birmingham, Alabama:: Notable Trials Library, 2006.. Facsimile Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a series with semi-uniform bindings -- quarter leather (leather at the spine); with gilt decorations; raised spine bands; all edges gilt; ribbon place marker; this has the publisher-issued bookplate affixed to the front paste-down endpaper, otherwise in Fine condition. The bookplate is imprinted with the name of the original owner.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Notes, index. Marbled endpapers. Description: This is a volume from the Notable Trials Library under the general editorship of Alan M Dershowitz who wrote a special introduction for this facsimile edition. This is a facsimile reprinting of a work published in 2000 by the University of Chicago Press. Book design by Daniel B Bianchi and Selma Ordewer. From the introduction: ''Should a literary collaborator with the worst of evils be punished? Executed? Martyred? These are the questions raised by the remarkable case of Robert Brasillach who was executed by the de Gaulle 'government' following the liberation of Paris in 1944. Brasillach was one of France's most respected young writers during the years leading up to World War II. He was also a pro-German supporter of Hitler. During the war, he edited a newspaper that glorified Nazism and supported the Occupation. Brasillach never killed anyone with his own hands, but his pen may have contributed to the death of many. He 'denounced' numerous innocent people, which in some cases was a seal of death.''