Jean Bruller (1902

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Biography

Jean Marcel Adolphe Bruller was a French writer and illustrator who co-founded the publishing company Les Éditions de Minuit with Pierre de Lescure.

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The story of Jean Bruller, told in moments.

1942 Event

Published Le Silence de la mer under the pen name Vercors. A novella about a cultured German officer billeted in a French home. Printed on a clandestine press he co-founded, Les Editions de Minuit. The most celebrated work of the French Resistance.

What was it like printing a clandestine book under Nazi occupation? Did the cultured German officer reflect what you saw?

1944 Life

Ran the underground publishing house throughout the occupation. Over 25 titles printed in secret. Authors used pseudonyms. Discovery meant execution.

How did you run an underground press knowing discovery meant execution? What sustained the courage?

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