Paix et Liberté (sold)
Paix et Liberté (1950 - 1956) was a French anticommunist movement active during the French Fourth Republic. Founded by Jean-Paul David (December 14, 1912 - July 21, 2007) in September 1950, the left-of-center group had as its goal to respond to propaganda disseminated by the French Communist Party in France. Only a few years removed from World War II and at the beginning of the Cold War, Paix et Liberté wanted to 'unmask' the outwardly pacifist but in reality confrontational communist propaganda that created by Moscow and circulated in France. This propaganda hoped to divide the Communist bloc's opposition by appealing to humanity's universal desire for peace. Paix et Liberté operated in Paris until it disbanded in 1956 following the implementation of the Soviet Union's theory of peaceful coexistence.
Shelter from the communist storm.
Europe Unie Gage de Paix. [Europe United Guarantee of Peace.]
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This is a c. 1951 Paix et Liberté propaganda broadside map of Europe presaging European unification. The map reflects both optimism and threat in the post-World War II (1939 - 1945) Era. Western Europe enjoyed a post-war flowering of cross-national solidarity, as well as industrial, cultural, and trade booms. Eastern Europe, at the same time, languished under Communism. (more details)