Fernand de Brinon (born August 26, 1885 - died April 15, 1947) was a French lawyer and journalist who was one of the architects of collaboration with the Nazis during World War II. August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945. ...

Born into a wealthy family in the city of Libourne in the Gironde département, the aristocratic Marquis Fernand de Brinon studied political science and law at university but chose to work as a journalist in Paris. After World War I, he advocated a rapprochement with Germany along the lines being promoted by some of right leaning politicians such as Edouard Daladier and Paul Reynaud. He became friends with Joachim von Ribbentrop who was a delegate to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Gironde is a département in the southwest of France named after the Gironde Estuary. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... French politician Édouard Daladier Édouard Daladier (June 18, 1884 - October 10, 1970) was a French politician, and Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World War. ... Reynauds Government, 21 March - 16 June 1940 Paul Reynaud - President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs Camille Chautemps - Vice President of the Council Édouard Daladier - Minister of National Defense and War Raoul Dautry - Minister of Armaments Henri Roy - Minister of the Interior Lucien Lamoureux - Minister of Finance... Joachim von Ribbentrop Joachim von Ribbentrop (born Joachim Ribbentrop) (April 30, 1893–October 16, 1946) was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 until 1945. ... The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was an international conference, organized by the victors of the World War I for negotiating the peace treaties between the Allied and Associated Powers and their former enemies. ...

Fernand de Brinon married Jeanne Louise Rachel Franck, a Jewish divorcée known as "Lisette." They became leading socialites in 1930s Paris, and close friends of the political right-wing elite. A leading advocate for collaboration following France's defeat by Germany in World War II, in July of 1940 de Brinon was invited by Pierre Laval, Vice-Premier of the new Vichy regime, to act as its representative to the German High Command in occupied Paris. In 1942, Philippe Pétain, head of the Vichy regime, gave him the title: Secretary of State. Lisette de Brinon (born Jeanne Louise Rachel Franck) (1896 – 26 March 1982) was best known as the wife of the notorious pro-Nazi collaborator Marquis Fernand de Brinon. ... Jew - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945. ... Pierre Laval, prime minister of Vichy France Pierre Laval (June 28, 1883 - October 15, 1945) was a French politician and thrice Prime Minister of France, the final time being under the Vichy government. ... Vichy France (French: now called Régime de Vichy or Vichy; called itself at the time État Français, or French State) was the French state of 1940-1944 which was a puppet government under Nazi influence, as opposed to the Free French Forces, based first in London and later in Algiers. ... Philippe Pétain Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain (April 24, 1856 - July 23, 1951), generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain, was a French soldier and leader of Vichy France. ...

As the third ranking member of the Vichy regime and because of his enthusiastic support for the fascist cause, de Brinon's importance to the Nazis was such that he able to obtain a special pass for his Jewish wife that exempted her from deportation to a German concentration camp. With the march of the Allied Forces towards Paris in 1944, de Brinon and his wife tried to flee the country but were caught and returned to Paris for trial. He and his wife were both held in Fresnes prison but she was eventually released. Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... A concentration camp is a large detention center created for political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ... In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ... Fresnes Prison (Maison darrêt de Fresnes) is the largest prison in France, located in the town of Fresnes, Val-de-Marne near the city of Paris. ...

Fernand de Brinon was tried by the French government for war crimes, found guilty, and sentenced to death. In 1947, he was executed by firing squad at the military fort in the Paris suburb of Montrouge. Montrouge is a commune and a canton in the southwestern suburbs of Paris in France. ...

In 2002, French historian Gilbert Joseph published Fernand de Brinon : L'Aristocrate de la collaboration. In 2004, Bernard Ullmann, Lisette de Brinon's son from her first marriage, broke his 60-year silence and told his family's story in his book, Lisette de Brinon, Ma Mère.