''L'Appel'' (''The Calling'') was a collaborationist periodical of

Vichy France Vichy France (french: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was the fascist French state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II. Officially independent, but with half of its ter ...

. It was the organ of the collaborationist French League and edited by the League's leader, Pierre Costantini of the

Parti populaire français The French Popular Party (french: Parti populaire français) was a French fascist and anti-semitic political party led by Jacques Doriot before and during World War II. It is generally regarded as the most collaborationist party of France. ...

(PPF). The paper was established in 1940. Its two main contributors were Robert Julien-Courtine (1910-1998) and Paul Riche, the latter being a pseudonym of

Jean Mamy Jean Mamy (8 July 1912, Chambéry, Savoie – 29 March 1949, Arcueil) was a French actor, producer, film and theatre director, screenwriter, film editor, and journalist, notable for directing the anti-Masonic propaganda film '' Forces occultes'' ...

. Mamy was condemned to death executed for treason and executed at the fortress of Montrouge on 29 March 1949.

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