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Céline believed Hitler’s ‘great mistake’ was not wiping out England

A transcript hidden for more than 60 years detailing an interview with Louis-Ferdinand Céline, regarded as one of the great 20th-century French writers but also infamous for his anti-Semitic essays and for supporting , during WWII, the Nazis and France's collaborationist regime, reveals that he declared Adolf Hitler’s great mistake was failing to “wipe out England” at the start of the war.

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20 April 2023 à 21h44

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When Paris Match came to write up its interview with Louis-Ferdinand Céline in 1960, the periodical concluded that if you looked hard enough, the great 20th-century writer was “nice deep down”, reports The Times.

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