''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 The French League (: "French League for purging, mutual aid and European collaboration") was a collaborationist French movement founded by Pierre Costantini in September 1940. Its journal was entitled '' L'Appel''. Bibliography * Pierre Phi ...

and edited by the League's leader,

Pierre Costantini Pierre Dominique Costantini (1889–1986) was a French soldier, journalist, writer and Bonapartist militant. Life Costantini fought as an officer in the First World War and as a reserve officer in the armée de l'air during 1939–1940. He founde ...

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 The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(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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