Georges Oltramare

Georges Oltramare alias Géo Oltramare, of its complete name Georges Albert Oltramare, born the April 17th 1896 with the Petit-Saconnex and deceased the August 16th 1960 with Geneva, is a Journaliste and fascistic Militant known Suisse in France under the Pseudonyme of Charles Dieudonné .

Biography

Private life

It is born in an easy family originating in Genoa and taken refuge for religious reasons in Geneva. He is the son of a respected professor of university, Jean-Paul Oltramare, senior of the Faculty of Arts of Geneva and Berthe Carteret, girl of the to advise State Antoine Carteret.

He marries in 1925 Marcelle-Juliette Pictet de Rochemont, resulting from an old distinguished Genevese family, then in second weddings Olga-Anna de Donici.

Literary universe

It begins studies of Droit which it gives up to move towards a literary career. In 1916, it leaves for Bucharest where he becomes tutor of the one of the children of prince Ghica and sends articles to the Journal of Geneva . Returned in Geneva, Switzerland publishes its weekly tickets which it signs G.O. which will be transformed into Géo . However, the newspaper lays off it because of the virulence of its articles anti-semites. In reaction, it launches in 1923 its own satirical newspaper , the Pilori , which will reach them: 20000 specimens and in which it is caught some with the Juifs, with the politicians and the “racketeers”.

It also takes part in several literary reviews. He writes poems libertines like With half-length and publishes plays of which backstairs which are played Michel Theater with Paris. In 1925, it receives the price of the Schiller Foundation for its part Don Juan or the Loneliness which is played Théâtre of Work in Paris.

With Michel Simon, it belongs to the first theater company of Georges Pitoëff installed in Geneva in 1915. It appears under the name of scene of Andre Soral in three films including two of a close relation, the realizer Jean Robert Choux, who will carry out under the occupation films of Vichyist inspiration .

Political activities in Switzerland

In 1930, it launches out in the policy while being presented to the Genevese cantonal elections which it loses. In December of the same year, it creates its own party of fascistic Idéologie , the national political Order. This last amalgamates on June 24th, 1932 with the economic Union of defense, another Genevese party near to the Patronat, to form the National union whose Oltramare becomes the single chief starting from 1935 and whose the Pilori becomes the official body. The National union marries the fascistic theses of a strong mode, the Corporatisme at the economic level and the fight against the Marxisme and the Juifs. It has as a currency “doctrines, a faith, a chief”. Its organization is soldier with a ceremonial and a fascistic discipline and the party counts to 2000 members in 1937. Its militants ravel in the streets of Geneva in uniform (beret and Chemise Gris E) to the sound of a clicks.

November 9th, 1932, the National union puts in public charge at the communal room of Plainpalais two socialist directors: Leon Nicole and Jacques Dicker. A counter-demonstration is organized by the militants of left. To maintain the order, the Genevese government utilizes the recruits of the school of Infanterie of Lausanne. Some of the soldiers open fire on the crowd of the demonstrators making 13 died and 65 wounded. The government dominated by the right , which it National union ensures a majority the Grand the Council and which is represented there by Edmond Turrettini, intervenes so that Nicole and other Socialists are accused for these disorders. Condemned, Nicole is however elected six months later, at her coming out of prison, the government.

In 1935, Georges Oltramare is elected with the National council for a four years mandate. It is then called “small Duce of Geneva”. Mid-December 1935, it attends the fascistic congress of Montreux, with other leaders such as Ante Pavelić, Leon Degrelle and Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera. In 1936, the National union obtains ten seats with the Great Genevese Council. Oltramare profits from the assistance and subsidies of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini which receives it in May 1937 with Rome with a group of militants.

In 1938, it adopts the Nazisme. After the failure of a merger plan enters the National union and the Democratic party (current Liberal party) Genevese, free Oltramare in 1939 its movement which périclite.

Political activities in France

In June 1940, at the request of Otto Abetz, it settles in France where it directs, under the pseudonym of Charles Dieudonné, the newspaper socialist France (future France with work ) which it leaves running 1941 to animate with Radio Paris several emissions like At the rate/rhythm of time , Jews against France (cabaret anti-semite) and a neutral speaks , a personal chronicle to you.

March 20th, 1942, it attends the Ecu of France to the lunch organized by the Association of the journalists antijuifs (AJA) whose honorary president is Jean Drault to commemorate the fiftieth birthday of the first number of the Free Word of Edouard Drumont. Celine, Pierre-Antoine Cousteau, Henry Coston, Jean Hérold-Pasture, Jacques Dyssord, Robert Denoël and Titaÿna are also present at this event.

According to Patrice Miannay, it would have émargé on the funds of the embassy of Germany and would have been an agent of the Abwehr.

Post-war period

In September 1944, he flees with Sigmaringen. Stopped by allied troops, he is extradited towards Switzerland where, on April 21st, 1945, he is accused for attack with the state security and independence of the Swiss Confederation. On the intervention of his friends and his family, it is slackened in 1946 prohibited but to publish newspapers. He is again accused in 1947 and is condemned to three years of prison and five years of deprivation of civic rights. January 12th, 1950, the court of justice of the Seine the condemns to dead by Contumace.

It shares the end of its life between the pro-Franco Spain and the Egypt where it is employed as announcer with the voice of the Arabs . In 1956, it publishes its memories by a succession of tickets and portraits of the political personalities or arts persons whom it met under the title the memories avenge us . He shells there also his female successes.

In spite of its prohibition, it starts again in 1958 the Pilori and entrusts articles to a newspaper of Extrême right-hand side called real Europe . In 1960, year of its death, it publishes its last work, a collection of 20 Poème S erotic, under the title Limbes and lombes under the pseudonym of Tancrède Pisan.

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