CRITIQUE – At the end of October 1941, the painter and around ten French artists participated in the second of the famous trips organized by Propagandastaffel. Michel Bernard recounts it in his latest novel, in a striking group portrait.
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Before he even got on that train, he knew it was a mistake. That he should never have given in, that the reasons given by those close to him would not be enough to convince him, deep down, that he was right to accept the invitation. Nor to exonerate him in the eyes of posterity. Now he was on board, the train was traveling at full speed towards Munich and he was turning over in his bunk without being able to fall asleep. He had tried, but without success, to escape the group photo where we could see, on the platform of the Gare de l’Est, a small troop of French people, mostly elderly, surrounded by German uniforms. These men who, under their hats, cast a look towards the lens more defiant than enthusiastic, were…
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