Joseph Joanovici
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Joseph Joanovici, also spelled Joinovici (1905 ?-1965) was a Jewish-French iron supplier, who supplied both Nazi Germany
and the French Resistance
. He may also have been an agent of the Soviet
Comintern
. His activities made him a millionaire, but he was found guilty of collaboration and died in prison after an escape attempt and extradition request by Israel
.
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
and the French Resistance
French Resistance
The French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
. He may also have been an agent of the Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Comintern
Comintern
The Communist International, abbreviated as Comintern, also known as the Third International, was an international communist organization initiated in Moscow during March 1919...
. His activities made him a millionaire, but he was found guilty of collaboration and died in prison after an escape attempt and extradition request by Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
.
Sources
- Philippe Bernert, Roger Wybot et la bataille pour la DST
- L'étrange Monsieur Joseph (Joseph Joanovici) by Alphonse BoudardAlphonse BoudardAlphonse Boudard is a French novelist and playwright. He won the 1977 Prix Renaudot for Les Combattants du petit bonheur....
, édition Robert Laffont, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1998 - it was adapted as a TV film of the same name, directed by Josée Dayan from a script by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, with Roger Hanin as Joseph Joanovici, 2001, which was criticised for what was perceived as an over-sympathetic portrayal of Joanovici. - (graphic novel) Il était une fois en France, "L'empire de Monsieur Joseph" (i.e. volume I), by Fabien Nury and Sylvain Vallée, Glénat 2007.