Adrien Arcand
Adrien Arcand (born October 3, 1899 in Montreal , Québec , † August 2, 1967 ) was a Canadian journalist who was head of several National Socialist organizations in Canada from 1929 until his death in 1967 . He referred to himself as a "Canadian Leader ".
Life
Arcand published a number of anti-Semitic newspapers, including Le Goglu , Le Miroir and Le Chameau . He received financial support from the Canadian politician Richard Bedford Bennett , who was Canadian Prime Minister from 1930 to 1935 .
In 1934 he founded the Parti national social chrétien ( National Socialist Christian Party ), which called for anti-communist policies and the deportation of all Canadian Jews to Hudson Bay .
On May 30, 1940, he was arrested in Montreal for "plotting to overthrow the state" and was interned during the war as a security risk. His party, then the National Union Party , was banned. In prison he sat on a throne built by fellow prisoners and talked about his government of Canada after the conquest by Hitler .
Arcand ran twice for the Canadian House of Commons , reaching 29% in 1949 and 39% in 1953. He never hid his belief in Hitler and was a mentor of the prominent Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel in the 1960s .
literature
- William Repka, Kathleen M (ary) Repka: Dangerous Patriots: Canada's Unknown Prisoners of War . New Star Books, Vancouver 1982 ISBN 0-919573-06-1
- Martin Robin: Shades of Right: Nativist and Fascist Politics in Canada, 1920-1940 . University of Toronto Press 1992 ISBN 0-8020-5962-7 ISBN 0-8020-6892-8
- Hans Strömsdörfer: Arcand, Adrien In: Wolfgang Benz Hg., Handbook of Antisemitism: Anti-Semitism in Past and Present (Volume 2/1 People AK). 1st edition De Gruyter, Berlin 2009 ISBN 978-3-598-24072-0 pp. 31-32
- Hugues Théorêt: The Blue Shirts. Adrien Arcand and Fascist Anti-Semitism in Canada. University of Ottawa Press 2017
notes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arcand, Adrien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian right-wing extremist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd August 1967 |