Pierre Dominique Costantini (1889–1986) was a French soldier, journalist, writer and

Bonapartist Bonapartism (french: Bonapartisme) is the political ideology supervening from Napoleon Bonaparte and his followers and successors. The term was used to refer to people who hoped to restore the House of Bonaparte and its style of government. In thi ...

militant.

Life

Costantini fought as an officer in the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fig ...

and as a reserve officer in the

armée de l'air The French Air and Space Force (AAE) (french: Armée de l'air et de l'espace, ) is the air and space force of the French Armed Forces. It was the first military aviation force in history, formed in 1909 as the , a service arm of the French Ar ...

during 1939–1940. He founded the Mouvement social européen. In 1940, he founded the collaborationist

Ligue française d’épuration, d’entraide sociale et de collaboration européenne The French League (: "French League for Purge, purging, mutual aid (politics), mutual aid and European integration, European collaboration") was a collaborationist French movement founded by Pierre Costantini in September 1940. Its journal was enti ...

and with Jean Boissel, Marcel Déat,

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and Eugène Deloncle co-founded the Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchevisme (LVF). He edited the Ligue's organ, the journal ''

L'Appel ''L'Appel'' (''The Calling'') was a collaborationist periodical of Vichy France. It was the organ of the collaborationist French League and edited by the League's leader, Pierre Costantini of the Parti populaire français (PPF). The paper was e ...

''. In 1943, he founded the Union des journalistes anti-maçons. He fled to

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in 1944 and was condemned to prison in 1952. He later pursued a journalistic career and published several essays.

Works

* ''La Grande pensée de Bonaparte'', Paris, Éditions Baudinière, 1940. * ''La Haute signification de la Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchevisme'', Paris, L.V.F., circa 942 * ''Ode au masque de Napoléon'', Paris, Éditions Baudinière, 1943.

Bibliography

* Pascal Ory, ''Les collaborateurs'', éditions du seuil, Paris, 1976. {{DEFAULTSORT:Costantini 1889 births 1986 deaths French military personnel of World War I French military personnel of World War II French collaborators with Nazi Germany French anti-communists French male essayists 20th-century French essayists 20th-century French journalists 20th-century French male writers