Marguerite Vaillant-Couturier News
French soprano (1855-1930)
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2015-03-19 11:37:50
Who smeared Dutilleux as a Nazi collaborator when he was, in fact, a Résistant?
The files have been brought out of the vaults. Two days ago, the Mayor of the 4th arrondissement of Paris refused to allow a plaque to be affixed on Henri Dutilleux’s apartment, claiming he had been a Nazi collaborator. Now, the curator of the national Résistance museum has published the facts, proving that Dutilleux and his wife Geneviève Joy were active in the underground fight against the German occupation and closely associated with some of its heroes. We publish the curator’s letter below. It now seems likely that Dutilleux will get his plaque, though the smear will take some time to fade from his reputation, the more so since it has been picked up by German media. The question remains as to how the foolish mayor of the 4th arrondissement and a Paris city councillor were fed false information about an innocent, and indeed honourable, member of the musical community. […]
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