Germaine Berton
Germaine Berton (7 June 1902, Puteaux – 6 July 1942, Paris) was a French anarchist and trade unionist. She is known for the murder of Marius Plateau, an editor for the Action Francaise journal and member of the royalist organisation Camelots du Roi, in January 1923.[1][2] Despite confessing, Berton was acquitted on 24 December.[3]
Surrealism[]
In 1923, Louis Aragon wrote an article supporting her.[4] But Berton, or the idea of Berton, became more famous as a muse to many Surrealists. André Breton believed that she was the first surrealist anti-heroine and the incarnation of love and revolution.[5][4]
Her mugshot was published in the surrealist magazine La Révolution surréaliste in December, 1924. It is surrounded by the male surrealists, including Louis Aragon and André Breton, and other inspirational figures (Sigmund Freud, Pablo Picasso). The quote at the bottom comes from Charles Baudelaire and reads: "The woman is the being who casts the greatest shadow or the greatest light in our dreams."[4]
References[]
- ^ "Young girl, an anarchist, kills editor". The Republican-Journal. Ogdensburg, New York. 24 January 1923. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "French woman anarchist kills editor of Paris royalist [organisation]". The Glens Falls Times. Glens Falls, New York. 22 January 1923. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "BERTON Germaine, Jeanne, Yvonne" (in French). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Bonnet, Marguerite (1975). André Breton: naissance de l'aventure surréaliste (in French). Paris: Corti. pp. 270–271. ISBN 2-7143-0263-7. OCLC 3052637.
- ^ Polizzotti, Mark (1999). André Breton (in French). Paris: Gallimard. p. 446. ISBN 2-07-073298-3. OCLC 301631217.
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