Communism and collaboration : Simon Sabiani and politics in Marseille, 1919-1944

A history of a famous Corsican immigrant to Marseille whose Communist organizing after World War I morphed into Fascist mob leadership and collaboration with the German Nazis during World War II. Contents List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1 The Confluence: Popular Politics in Pre-war Marseille 2 The Rise of Simon Sabiani, 1919-1931 3 Sabianisme, 1931—1935 4 Sabiani at Bay, 1934-1936 5 ‘Fascism’, 1936-1939 6 Vichy’s Rivals, June 1940— November 1942 7 The Dregs of Society, November 1942— August 1944 8 The PPF and Others, November 1942—August 1944 9 To Sigmaringen and Back, August 1944-September 1956 Conclusion: Virtue Gone Mad Appendix I. The Social and Ethnic Composition of the Fourth and Fifth Cantons Appendix II. The Social Composition of the Sahianist Organisations Appendix III. The 500U Series in the Archives Départementales Des Bouches-Du-Rhone Appendix IV. The Social Composition of the Main Collaborationist Organisations Notes Sources Index Paul Jankowski. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [219]-232.