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The Blue Shirts: Adrien Arcand and Fascist Anti-Semitism in Canada

The Blue Shirts: Adrien Arcand and Fascist Anti-Semitism in Canada

Théorêt, Hugues
Scott, Howard
Gennip, Ferdinanda Van

Paperback

Series: Canadian Studies, Book 5

Canadian HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0776624679
ISBN13: 9780776624679
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Published: May 16 2017
Pages: 356
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

While Adolf Hitler was seizing power in Germany, Adrien Arcand was laying the foundations in Quebec for his Parti national social chrétien. The Blue Shirts, as its members were called, wore a military uniform and prominently displayed the swastika. Arcand saw Jewish conspiracy wherever he turned and his views resonated with his followers who, like him, sought a scapegoat for all the ills eroding society.

Even after his imprisonment during the Second World War, the fanatical Adrien Arcand continued his correspondence with those on the frontlines of anti-semitism. Until his death in 1967, he pursued his campaign of propaganda against communists and Jews.

Hugues Théorêt describes a dark period in Quebec's ideological history using an objective approach and careful, rigorous research in this book, which won the 2015 Canada Prize (Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences).

Published in English.

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