Supporting German occupiers: the pro-Vichy stance of the Basque newspaper ‘Eskualduna’

Eskualduna, a weekly newspaper edited in Bayonne and the oldest and most influential Basque language media publication of the time, was shut down in 1944 by the new post-liberation French authorities because of its pro-Vichy and pro-German stance, while its editor, the priest Sauveur Aroçarena, was...

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Autor: Murua, I. (Imanol)|||/items/e5addc57-eaff-4347-a542-9b0085ec1b70
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Eskualduna
Journalism
Editorials
Vichy
German occupation
Collaboration
Basque
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spelling Supporting German occupiers: the pro-Vichy stance of the Basque newspaper ‘Eskualduna’Murua, I. (Imanol)|||/items/e5addc57-eaff-4347-a542-9b0085ec1b70EskualdunaJournalismEditorialsVichyGerman occupationCollaborationBasqueEskualduna, a weekly newspaper edited in Bayonne and the oldest and most influential Basque language media publication of the time, was shut down in 1944 by the new post-liberation French authorities because of its pro-Vichy and pro-German stance, while its editor, the priest Sauveur Aroçarena, was arrested and convicted. This article examines the basis of the accusation under which Eskualduna was seized, i.e. to what extent its editorial approach favored the Vichy regime led by Marshall Pétain and the German occupation. For this purpose, a sample of 32 editorial articles signed by Aroçarena after four landmarks of the war (declaration of war in 1939, first German occupation in 1940, occupation of Vichy France in 1942 and Normandy landings in 1944) has been analyzed following source analysis methodology. The analysis of Eskualduna’s editorials has been contextualized within the reality of the Basque society’s attitude towards German occupation in order to understand that Eskualduna’s position was in harmony with its community’s way of experiencing the war, the regime and the occupation. This research confirms that Eskualduna had overall a pro-Vichy stance, and points out that this approach was framed within a discourse of French patriotism, defense of Catholicism, personality cult and affirmation of Basque identity.Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital Universidad de Navarra20182018-11-0920182018-01-0120182018-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10171/55711reponame:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarrainstname:Universidad de NavarraInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/557112026-06-21T12:47:57Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Supporting German occupiers: the pro-Vichy stance of the Basque newspaper ‘Eskualduna’
title Supporting German occupiers: the pro-Vichy stance of the Basque newspaper ‘Eskualduna’
spellingShingle Supporting German occupiers: the pro-Vichy stance of the Basque newspaper ‘Eskualduna’
Murua, I. (Imanol)|||/items/e5addc57-eaff-4347-a542-9b0085ec1b70
Eskualduna
Journalism
Editorials
Vichy
German occupation
Collaboration
Basque
title_short Supporting German occupiers: the pro-Vichy stance of the Basque newspaper ‘Eskualduna’
title_full Supporting German occupiers: the pro-Vichy stance of the Basque newspaper ‘Eskualduna’
title_fullStr Supporting German occupiers: the pro-Vichy stance of the Basque newspaper ‘Eskualduna’
title_full_unstemmed Supporting German occupiers: the pro-Vichy stance of the Basque newspaper ‘Eskualduna’
title_sort Supporting German occupiers: the pro-Vichy stance of the Basque newspaper ‘Eskualduna’
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Murua, I. (Imanol)|||/items/e5addc57-eaff-4347-a542-9b0085ec1b70
author Murua, I. (Imanol)|||/items/e5addc57-eaff-4347-a542-9b0085ec1b70
author_facet Murua, I. (Imanol)|||/items/e5addc57-eaff-4347-a542-9b0085ec1b70
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital Universidad de Navarra
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Eskualduna
Journalism
Editorials
Vichy
German occupation
Collaboration
Basque
topic Eskualduna
Journalism
Editorials
Vichy
German occupation
Collaboration
Basque
description Eskualduna, a weekly newspaper edited in Bayonne and the oldest and most influential Basque language media publication of the time, was shut down in 1944 by the new post-liberation French authorities because of its pro-Vichy and pro-German stance, while its editor, the priest Sauveur Aroçarena, was arrested and convicted. This article examines the basis of the accusation under which Eskualduna was seized, i.e. to what extent its editorial approach favored the Vichy regime led by Marshall Pétain and the German occupation. For this purpose, a sample of 32 editorial articles signed by Aroçarena after four landmarks of the war (declaration of war in 1939, first German occupation in 1940, occupation of Vichy France in 1942 and Normandy landings in 1944) has been analyzed following source analysis methodology. The analysis of Eskualduna’s editorials has been contextualized within the reality of the Basque society’s attitude towards German occupation in order to understand that Eskualduna’s position was in harmony with its community’s way of experiencing the war, the regime and the occupation. This research confirms that Eskualduna had overall a pro-Vichy stance, and points out that this approach was framed within a discourse of French patriotism, defense of Catholicism, personality cult and affirmation of Basque identity.
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