Raymond Cartier

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Raymond Cartier (born June 13, 1904 in Niort , † February 18, 1975 ) was a French journalist and writer .

Life

During his university studies, Cartier was political editor of the newspaper Écho de Paris , in 1937 he co-founded the magazine L'Époque . In 1944 and 1945 Cartier was a captain in the French military police . In this function he also interviewed the head of the health department of the hygiene institute of the Waffen-SS, Kurt Gerstein . Cartier helped found the now world-famous Paris Match magazine in 1949 , of which he was editor-in-chief during the 1960s.

In 1965 he published Histoire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale , now a standard historical work on the Second World War . In 1971 Histoire mondiale de l'Après-Guerre followed , in which the story is continued after the end of the war until around 1963.

Works

  • Forty-eight times America . R. Piper Verlag, Munich, 1954, title of the original edition: Les 48 Amériques, Paris, Plon, 1953, new edition under the title Fifty Times America . R. Piper Verlag, Munich, 1954
  • Europe Conquers America: A History of the Settlement of North America , Title of the original edition: L 'Europe à la conquête de l'Amérique, Paris, Plon, 1956
  • The Soviets: as they are - as they see us , R. Piper Verlag, Munich, title of the original edition: L 'étranger devant l'URSS
  • The world, where it comes from, where it is going , Blüchert, Hamburg 1957
  • The world - man and the earth , Blüchert, Hamburg 1959
  • Tokyo. 9 million Japanese , Blüchert, Hamburg 1961
  • Hitler et ses généraux. Les secrets de la guerre , Fayard, Paris 1962
  • Peter the Great. Kaiser and Barba r, Bechtle, Munich 1964
  • The Second World War Vol. I: 1939–1942, Vol. II: 1942–1945; R. Piper Verlag, Munich; Original edition title: La Seconde Guerre mondiale, Paris, Larousse Paris Match, 1965
  • The Second World War Vol. I: 1939–1942, Vol. II: 1942–1945; Lingen Verlag, Cologne, 1967; Licensed edition by R. Piper Verlag, Munich
  • After the Second World War, powers and men 1945-1963; R. Piper Verlag, Munich; Title of the original edition: Histoire mondiale de l'Apres-Guerre, 1971
  • Adolf Hitler à l'assaut du pouvoir , Laffont, Paris 1975
  • From the First to the Second World War: 1918-1939 , R. Piper Verlag, Munich, 1982
personal data
SURNAME Cartier, Raymond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Niort
DATE OF DEATH 18th February 1975