Plan de l'article Un duo " d'aventuriers " ? L'aristocrate russe et son curieux " homme d'affaires " Du duo au quatuor : entrée en scène de la compositrice et de l'inventeur Délations et antisémitisme L'après-guerre : déchirement et transfiguration des victimes du nazisme Épilogue Résumé - Visciano vs. Cauvet de Blanchonval (1940-1971): Denunciations, mythomania and antisemitism Historian Laurent Joly calls into question preconceptions about denunciations, notably the modest social origins of the denouncers, as well as the alleged proclivity of women towards denunciation. He also notes that no social milieu was immune to denunciation. The " Affair " which opposed Victorine Visciano and Catherine Cauvet de Blanchonval confirms the complexity of attitudes, the infinite nuances of " gray areas " and the fact that some individuals denounced people to the authorities even as they themselves were victims of repression, and, in some cases, even members of the resistance. Even as we look to the most frequent psychological motivations for denunciation--jealousy, the lure of financial gain and revenge, this sordid story is exceptional in more than one way, not only because of the personalities involved, but also because of its long duration. It testifies above all to the important repercussions of denunciations during the Second World War and the propensity of all the governmental administrations of the day involved in surveillance to follow through on the most fantastical rumors.***URL : http://www.cairn.info/revue-archives-juives-2013-1-page-54.htm (consulté le 28/05/2014)
