Pierre Sidos and l'Oeuvre Française

By remiJDN

  • Pierre Sidos is born

    Pierre Sidos is born in Saint Pierre d'Oléron. His fater, François Sidos, was a high official in the Vichy government.
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    Pierre Sidos and l'Oeuvre Française

  • Sidos' father, active in the collaborationist Milice, is executed

    François Sidos, an active colloborationist, is executed during the "Legal purge" that followed the Liberation of France.
  • Pierre Sidos and his brothers found Jeune Nation (JN)

    Pierre Sidos and his brothers found Jeune Nation (JN)

    Pierre Sidos, his brothers Jacques, François, Pierre and Henri found Jeune Nation, a violent far right group. The movement adop the celtic cross as its symbol.

  • Dissolution of Jeune Nation

    In the context of the Algerian war, Jeune Nation has to go underground.

  • Foundation of the Nationalist Party (PF), a clone of JN

    Pierre Sidos, Dominique Venner, and Jean Malardier found the Nationalist Party (PF), a clone of Jeune Nation.

  • Dissolution of PF

  • Sidos is in jail for supporting OAS

    OAS was a terrorist group that used armed struggle to prevent Algeria's independence.
  • Sidos takes part in the foundation of Occident

    Sidos takes part in the foundation of Occident

    Occident, active in 1968, was a far right violent organization that mostly recruited university students.
  • Sidos launches the anti-semitic newspaper Le Soleil

    Sidos launches the anti-semitic newspaper Le Soleil

    Pierre Sidos founds the newspaper Le Soleil. The latter upholds classic anti-semitic views.
  • Sidos founds l'Oeuvre Française

    Sidos founds l'Oeuvre Française

    Pierre Sidos launches a new organization: Oeuvre Française. The movement is caracterized by its constant references to the Vichy regime.

  • The Constitutional Council blocks Sidos' candidacy to presidency

    Pierre Sidos is prevented from running in the presidential elections by the Constitutional Council. Sidos "points out" that several members of the Council are Jewish.

  • OF holds its first Congress in Versailles

  • Pierre Sidos runs in the legislative elections

    Pierre Sidos runs, without success, in the legislative elections in Paris.

  • Attempt to unite OF with other far right groups

    The Regroupement nationaliste unites for a few months Oeuvre Française, the fascist newspaper Militant, and the MNR.

  • Sidos criticizes Marine Le Pen in the newspaper Rivarol

  • Pierre Sidos steps down, Benedetti becomes president of OF