René Diaz (
St. Etienne, 1926) is a French journalist-illustrator who had worked at
Le Progrès
''Le Progrès'' is a regional daily newspaper which is based in Lyon, Rhône.
''Le Progrès'' reports primarily on local news in the Rhône-Alpes region. The paper has its headquarters in Lyon. The print works is in Chassieu, near Lyon. The fo ...
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...
for 30 years. He did all the drawings of the
trial of Klaus Barbie, "the butcher of Lyon", a nazi criminal.
Exhibitions
* Centre d’Histoire de la résistance et de la Déportation of
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...
* Memorial of
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem ( he, יָד וַשֵׁם; literally, "a memorial and a name") is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; honoring Jews who fought against th ...
in Jerusalem
Sources
* http://www1.yadvashem.org/about_yad/magazine/magazine_new/franch/events_barbie_main.html
* http://www.guysen.com/print.php?sid=5131
* http://www.fra.cityvox.fr/expositions-arts_lyon/des-croquis-pour-l-histoire-dessins-de-p_160019/Profil-Eve
French journalists
French illustrators
Living people
French male non-fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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