Interview: Regis Debray

French Academic, Che Guevara Associate

Human Rights Issue Discussed:
Barbie Trial, Postwar French Resistance
Time Period Discussed: 
1945-Present
Date of Interview: 
Unknown

 

Description of Interview: In this interview, Regis Debray, a French academic and Che Guevara associate, discusses the American hypocrisy of recruiting Barbie for intelligence while trying to find war criminals, as well as various other topics, such as Gaullists versus Communist parties. Debray also explains how the French government left it to individuals to go after Nazi war criminals and the importance of Franco-German reconciliation.