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Title: Georges Scapini papers
Date (inclusive): 1928-1976
Collection Number: 78011
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
French
Physical Description:
27 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes
(15.1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, writings, legal documents, printed matter, and photographs, relating to French politics,
French prisoners of war in Germany during World War II, and the trial of Georges Scapini as a Nazi collaborator, 1952
Creator:
Scapini, Georges, 1893-1976
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Literary rights held by Lucie Marie Scapini, Jean-Marie Scapini, and Francois-Marie Scapini. For copyright status, please
contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978.
[Identification of item], Georges Scapini Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1893, October 4 | Born in Paris, France |
| 1914-1918 | Wounded in combat, lost eyesight |
| 1928-1940 | Deputy, National Assembly |
| 1940-1944 | Ambassador to Germany, Chief of the Diplomatic Service for Prisoners of War |
| 1944, December | Arrested by the German authorities, having refused to serve the French government in Sigmaringen, Germany |
| 1945, May | Incarcerated by the French authorities for intelligence with the enemy; released after 10 months |
| 1949 | Tried in absentia; sentenced to 5 years of hard labor |
| 1952 | Tried by a military tribunal; acquitted |
| 1960 | 1929 Translated with an Introduction by Helen Keller |
| 1928, L'apprentissage de la nuit 1928, A Challenge to Darkness | |
| Author, Mission sans Gloire | |
| 1976, March 25 | Died in Cannes, France |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1939-1945 -- France
World War, 1939-1945 -- Collaborationists
Prisoners of war
War crime trials
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
France -- Politics and government -- 1914-1940
Diplomats -- France
France -- Foreign relations -- Germany
Germany -- Foreign relations -- France