Jeune Nation was a French nationalist

Nationalism

Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...

 movement founded by Albert Heuclin, and with members including Jean Marot

Jean Marot

Jean Marot was a French poet and the father of French Renaissance poet Clément Marot. He is often grouped with the "Grands Rhétoriqueurs"....

, Jacques Wagner and the brothers Sidos, François Sidos (president of the movement), Jacques Sidos and Pierre Sidos

Pierre Sidos

Pierre Sidos was a French far right political figure.Sidos' father was active in the collaborationist Milice and he was executed for his involvement. Sidos continued his father's political beliefs and became founder of the Jeune Nation after the Second World War, along with his brothers François...

 (secretary general and later president).

History

The emblem of Jeune Nation was the Celtic cross

Celtic cross

A Celtic cross is a symbol that combines a cross with a ring surrounding the intersection. In the Celtic Christian world it was combined with the Christian cross and this design was often used for high crosses – a free-standing cross made of stone and often richly decorated...

, "symbol of universal life" and an element of Christian

Christianity

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 imagery.

4th Republic

On the 22 October 1949, the movement was present for the first time at the siege of the Napoleonic area in rue du Cirque. On the 28 March 1950, they were officially declared to the Prefecture of Police

Prefecture of Police

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.

Algerian War

They were dissolved in 1958 during the Algerian War after a series of violent episodes. After its dissolution, they announced their merger with the OAS, with a joint name of the Nationalist Party, and the same emblem.

May 68

The legitimate heir of the Jeune Nation movement is Œuvre française created by Pierre Sidos in 1968 during the events of May 68.

See also

• Œuvre française
• OAS

External links

• Official site of the Jeune Nation newspaper (Yvan Benedetti)