Maurice Thorez’s 50th birthday Annette Wieviorka
Journal title MEMORIA E RICERCA
Author/s Annette Wieviorka
Publishing Year 2010 Issue 2010/34
Language Italian Pages 18 P. 153-170 File size 406 KB
DOI 10.3280/MER2010-034009
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The 50th birthday of Maurice Thorez, the French communist leader, has been in 1950 the occasion for a true cult of personality, similar to what was happening in the USSR around Joseph Stalin. In these years of Cold War, Maurice Thorez, symbol of the working class, has been honored in a way the France had never known before. The preparation of the event had been carefully organized, including the publication of a "history of his life" Fils du peuple, widely translated, publicized and commented. The 70th birthday of Stalin was also used as a kind of rehearsal of this French commemoration. This article addresses both the organization of communist propaganda and the incredibly personalized cult of Thorez that led to an enormous amount of presents, literature, art, ceremonies, coming from all over the "communist world", clearly showing that communism, in France was also a political religion.
Keywords: Maurice Thorez, french communist party, political propaganda, political symbology, political religion, anniversary
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Annette Wieviorka, I festeggiamenti per i cinquant’anni di Maurice Thorez in "MEMORIA E RICERCA " 34/2010, pp 153-170, DOI: 10.3280/MER2010-034009