petain always present

1950

First request for revision on behalf of Philippe Pétain by his lawyers Jacques Isorni and Jean Lemaire

1951

Creation of the Association to Defend the Memory of Marshal Pétain (A.D.M.P.)

1971

Showing of the film « The Sorrow and the Pity » (A new glance at the Marshal)

1973

Removal of Marshal Pétain’s coffin

1984

A July 13 publicity in the newspaper « Le Monde » entitled,
« People of France, you have a short memory ».

Following this publication, a trial was filed by the A.N.A.C.R. against the author, attorney Jacques Isorni, and his co-signatories François Lehideux, President of the A.D.M.P., and Hubert Massol, President of the A.N.P.V.

1998

Decision of the European Court at Strasbourg authorizing,

« the defence of Marshal Pétain » (September 23).

1968 - 1992

The laying of presidential wreathes on the tomb of the Marshal

Here is a chronology of facts which show the permanence of the Marshal’s presence for now more than one half-century.

1986

Michel Polac’s program «Right of Reply» on TV channel T.F.1, with guests François LEHIDEUX, René MINGUET and Hubert MASSOL