| Type | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Founded | 20 November 1930 |
| Ceased publication | 1944 |
| Language | French |
Je suis partout (French pronunciation:[ʒəsɥipaʁtu], lit.I am everywhere) was a Frenchnewspaper founded byJoseph-Arthème Fayard [fr], first published on 29 November 1930. It was placed under the direction ofPierre Gaxotte until 1939. Journalists of the paper includedLucien Rebatet,Alain Laubreaux [fr], the illustratorRalph Soupault, and the Belgian correspondentPierre Daye.
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In its very beginning,Je suis partout was centered on covering international topics, without displaying extremism,antisemitism, or even a consistentlyright-wing approach. However, the group of editors was heavily influenced by the ideas ofCharles Maurras and theintegralistAction française, and the ideology quickly spilled into the editorial content, as the more moderate journalists quit in protest.
The paper became a staple of anti-parliamentarianism,nationalism, and criticism of "decadent"Third Republic institutions and culture, becoming close tofascist movements of the era, French and foreign alike. It clearly supportedBenito Mussolini as of October 1932, when Italian politics were awarded a special issue.Je suis partout was favorable to the SpanishFalange, the RomanianIron Guard, the BelgianLéon Degrelle'sRexism, as well as toOswald Mosley and hisBritish Union of Fascists. From 1936, it also broke ranks with Maurras, profoundly anti-German, and began to open up toNazism and toAdolf Hitler.
Despite its international connections,Je suis partout did not recommend copying over local origin in establishing a Fascist régime: "We will look at foreign fascism only through French fascism, the only real fascism" (14 April 1939). As such, the newspaper praisedJacques Doriot for his attempts to unite the Frenchfar right into a single Front.
The antisemitic rhetoric of the paper greatly increased after theStavisky Affair and the far-right rally it occasioned in front of thePalais Bourbon. The6 February 1934 crisis was the riot that some thought at the time was intended as a coup d'état. The paper became more and more vitriolic after the formation of theleft-wingPopular Front government under the Jewish Prime MinisterLéon Blum (1936). From 1938 on,Je suis partout matched the racist propaganda in Nazi Germany by publishing two special issues,Les Juifs ("The Jews") andLes Juifs et la France ("The Jews and France"). The publisherJean Fayard cut ties with the paper in 1936, and it was sold to a new board – which included the ArgentineCharles Lescat (who was, according to his own depiction, "a fascist as genuine as he is calm"). Shortly beforeWorld War II and theGerman occupation in 1940, the paper was banned.
It began publication again the following year. Its ultra-collaborationist stances attracted the criticism of Maurras, who repudiated the paper.[citation needed]Je suis partout published calls for the murder of Jews and Third Republic political figures: "The death of men to which we owe so many mournings... all French people are demanding it" (6 September 1941). It exercised an increasing influence over a young, intellectual audience, going from around 50,000 issues before the war to 300,000 in 1943.[1]
Robert Brasillach was its editor-in-chief from June 1937 to September 1943. Brasillach was replaced byPierre-Antoine Cousteau. Cousteau alignedJe suis partout with the Nazi leadership, went against its roots by adhering to Nazianti-intellectualism, and opened itself to advertising for theWaffen-SS and theLégion des Volontaires Français. Several of its editors joined either theFrench Popular Party or theMilice. It continued to be published as late as August 1944.
During theépuration after the war, Brasillach was tried and executed on 6 February 1945 for treason, due to his role at the paper.[2][3] The rest of the publication team was tried and condemned collectively as a single moral entity.[4]
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