Lazurick, Robert
LAZURICK, ROBERT
LAZURICK, ROBERT (1895–1968), French journalist, founder and editor in chief of the daily paper L'Aurore. Lazurick was born in Paris of Russian-Jewish parents. He studied law and for some years he was an official in French ministries. In 1936 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Socialist Party. After the French defeat in 1940, he escaped to Morocco, but returned to France in 1942 at the height of Nazi power and founded L'Aurore clandestinely in Nice, taking the name of Clemenceau's journal which had published *Zola's J'accuse in 1898. L'Aurore became a leading newspaper in Paris after World War ii, expressing staunch support for Israel.
More From encyclopedia.com
Leon Blum , BLUM, LÉON (1872–1950), statesman; the first Jew and the first socialist to become premier of France. Son of a wealthy Alsatian merchant, Blum gradua… Georges Clemenceau , Georges Clemenceau
Georges Clemenceau
The French statesman Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) was twice premier of France, in 1906-1909 and 1917-1919. He… Jacques Philippe Leclerc , Jacques Philippe Leclerc
The French general Jacques Philippe Leclerc (1902-1947) commanded the division which liberated Paris in 1944. He warned agai… Emperor Of France Napoleon I , French dictator
Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor, was one of the greatest military leaders in history. He helped remake the map of Europe and estab… Jean Baptiste Marchand , Jean-Baptiste Marchand
Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863-1934) was a French soldier who led an expedition from the Atlantic coast of Africa to the Nile Ri… Louis Aragon , Aragon, Louis
BORN: 1897, Paris
DIED: 1982, Paris
NATIONALITY: French
GENRE: Poetry, Nonfiction
MAJOR WORKS:
The Adventures of Telemachus (1922)
Trea…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Lazurick, Robert