Interesting publication translated from French by garzanti on the study of mein Kampf by Benoist Mechin
Jacques Benoist-Méchin (Paris, 1 July 1901 - Paris, 24 February 1983) was a French historian, journalist
and intellectual
The young age, together with the great interest in Germanic culture and a real fascination for the figure
of Hitler (in whom he recognized the federator of Europe, according to the example of Alexander the Great,
in the aftermath of the conquest of most continent) made him a collaborator.
Speaking of the European federation, it should be remembered that Benoist-Méchin worked as a journalist
at Louise Weiss's Europe Nouvelle ("The New Europe") in 1930, while a memorandum for a federal Europe
of Aristide Briand was being drafted. However, as soon as their respective positions were known,
Louise Weiss (devoted to the League of Nations project) could not accept the presence of a pro-Hitler
in her group and therefore dismissed him. Benoist-Méchin used this opportunity to work on his monumental
Histoire de l'armée allemande ("History of the German Army").