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The Blue Shirts: Adrien Arcand and Fascist Anti-Semitism in Canada
415Overview
While Adolf Hitler was seizing power in Germany, Adrien Arcand was laying the foundations in Quebec for his Parti national social chrétien. The Blue Shirts, as its members were called, wore a military uniform and prominently displayed the swastika. Arcand saw Jewish conspiracy wherever he turned and his views resonated with his followers who, like him, sought a scapegoat for all the ills eroding society.
Even after his imprisonment during the Second World War, the fanatical Adrien Arcand continued his correspondence with those on the frontlines of anti-semitism. Until his death in 1967, he pursued his campaign of propaganda against communists and Jews.
Hugues Théorêt describes a dark period in Quebec’s ideological history using an objective approach and careful, rigorous research in this book, which won the 2015 Canada Prize (Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences).
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780776624679 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | University of Ottawa Press |
| Publication date: | 05/16/2017 |
| Series: | Canadian Studies |
| Edition description: | Translatio |
| Pages: | 415 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Ferdinanda Van Gennip is the translator of several works of non-fiction, including A Nation Beyond Borders: Lionel Groulx on French-Canadian Minorities by Michel Bock (University of Ottawa Press, 2014), Breaking Point: Quebec/Canada, the 1995 Referendum by Mario Cardinal (Bayard Canada/CBC, 2005) and How to Befriend Your Shadow by John Monbourquette (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2001). She holds a BA in French Translation and French-Canadian Studies from Queen’s University and an MDiv from the Toronto School of Theology.
Howard Scott translates poetry, fiction and non-fiction, often with co-translator Phyllis Aronoff, including works by Madeleine Gagnon, Kim Doré and Madeleine Monette, as well as numerous scholarly works in the humanities. He has also published translations of poetry by Madeleine Gagnon, Michel Pleau and Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, and science fiction by Élisabeth Vonarburg. In 1997, he won the Governor General’s Literary Award for English translation for The Euguelion, by Louky Bersianik. He is a past president of the Literary Translators’ Association of Canada.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Preface xi
Introduction 1
Chapter I Le Goglu Builds its Nest 13
Arcand's Parents 17
Studies 19
The Journalist 21
Leisure Pursuits 23
Chapter II Le Goglu Takes Flight 27
Quebec in 1929 27
Le Miroir 29
Le Goglu 31
L'Ordre Patriotique des Goglus 35
The "David Bill" on Jewish Schools 37
Jewish Immigration to Quebec 43
The Achat chez nous Campaign 44
Arcand and R. B. Bennett's Conservatives 50
Dr. Lalanne 60
The "Bercovitch Bill" on Hate Propaganda 64
Chapter III The Blue Shirts 71
Le Patriote 75
The National Social Christian Party 82
Le Fasciste canadien 89
The Choquette Affair 94
Arcand Advocates for Canadian Unity 100
Arcand Supports Maurice Duplessis 104
Arcand Outside Quebec 106
Watchful Eye of the RCMP 109
Incidents of Violent Anti-Semitism in Canada 110
Fascist Little Italy 114
A Split in the PNSC 116
Anticosti Island Controversy 117
Chapter IV The Key to the Mystery 125
The Influence of Édouard Drumont 130
Protocols of the Elders of Zion 132
The Protocols in Quebec 139
The Key to the Mystery 141
Chapter V The Canadian Union of Fascists 153
The National Unity Party of Canada 154
Arcand Abandons the Swastika 157
Arcand Preaches Canadian Corporatism 159
The Party's Principles 165
Le Combat national 167
Against War 170
Canadian Fascists Under Scrutiny by the Authorities 173
Power Hungry 176
The Opposition Goes on the Offensive 179
Chapter VI Arrests and Internments 187
Canada Goes to War Against Germany 187
Raid at Arcand's Party Headquarters 191
Arrests 194
Arcand's Internment 196
Life Behind Barbed Wire 199
Efforts to Obtain Arcand's Release 201
"Mr. Montreal" 203
Chapter VII Liberation 207
Arcand's Political Failures 210
Chapter VIII The Cold War Years 215
Anti-Communism in Quebec 216
Le Goglu Picks Up its Refrain 219
La République Universelle 221
"Social reconstruction is inevitable" 223
L'Unité nationale Reborn 224
Is the unrest troubling our world today intentional? 227
Chapter IX Post-War Anti-Semitic Correspondence 231
Chapter X Arcand's Legacy 255
Serviam and the Fleur-de-Lys 257
À bas la haine! 262
Arcand Denies the Holocaust 264
Arcand and the State of Israel 267
Arcand and the Second Vatican Council 268
La Révolte du Matérialisme 272
Ottawa Examines Hate Propaganda 273
Ernst Zündel 277
Tributes to Arcand 279
Death of Arcand 287
Arcand's Heirs 288
Arcand Before the Judgment of History 289
From Communism to Internationalism 291
Serviam Reborn 292
Conclusion 299
The Historiographical Debates 305
Bibliography 311
Index 317