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Charles Lescat | |
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| Born | Carlos Hipólito Saralegui Lesca (1887-02-19)19 February 1887 |
| Died | 1948 (aged 60–61) Argentina |
Charles Lescat (19 February 1887 – 1948) was an Argentine citizen, who studied inFrance and wrote inJe suis partout, the ultra-Collaborationist journal headed byRobert Brasillach.
Born asCarlos Hipólito Saralegui Lesca inBuenos Aires, he volunteered for the French Army duringWorld War I. There, Lescat became a personal friend ofCharles Maurras, leader of theAction française (AF) monarchist movement. Part of the AF, he presided over the administration council ofJe suis partout, and was editor in chief of this review for a time. In 1941 he published an anti-Semitic book titledQuand Israël se venge (When Israel takes revenge), through theÉditions Grasset publishing house.
After theLiberation of Paris, he took refuge in Germany before travelling toFrancoist Spain. He arrived in Uruguay in 1946, and later established himself inJuan Peron's Argentina. There, he organized one of theratlines used by collaborators and Nazi fugitives. Lescat helpedPierre Daye find refuge in Argentina.
Lescat was sentenced to deathin absentia in May 1947 by theHigh Court in Paris, but, despiteextradition requests from France, Lescat, a native Argentine citizen, was never extradited. He died in Argentina in 1948.
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