La Revue du monde libre

Name: La Revue du monde libre
SKU: 29032

London (28, Newgate Street, E.C.1), no. 4, April 1943.

1 vol. (105 x 135 mm) of 47 p. Stapled.

A rare and legendary copy of La Revue du monde libre, “brought by the R.A.F.” as its cover laconically states, containing two of the most important texts of the literary Resistance: Paul Éluard's poem “Liberté”, reprinted from the review Fontaine under the title “Une seule pensée”, which opens this issue, and Vercors's Le Silence de la mer, titled “Les silences de la mer”, which closes it.

Founded in London in January 1943, La Revue du monde libre appeared monthly and ran to twenty issues, until August 1944. Each issue was dropped by air, by the thousands, over the major cities of occupied France: “To the French, upon whom the total night of the German occupation has fallen, we dedicate this modest review, intended to maintain a current of ideas between the free countries and the territories awaiting liberation. For the latter, we endeavor to open a small window onto the outside world.” With this warning: “Men and women risk their lives to see that this review reaches its destination. Make sure that it is placed in the hands of those who can make the best use of it, especially our compatriots of the clandestine press, whose courage is admired by all.”

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