The International Anticommunist Entente (French: Entente Internationale Anticommuniste EIA) was an international anti-communist organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to 1938, it was known as the International Entente Against the Third International (French: Entente internationale contre la III:e internationale).
Entente Internationale Anticommuniste | |
| Abbreviation | EIA |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1924 |
| Founder | Théodore Aubert |
| Dissolved | 1950 |
| Headquarters | Geneve, Switzerland |
Formerly called | International Entente Against the Third International (1924–1938) |
The organisation was founded by the Swiss advocate Théodore Aubert and Russian émigré Red Cross leader Georges Lodygensky as a response to the Communist International in 1924.[1] Its objectives were to defend the "principles of order, family, property and nationality".[1]
The entente had national chapters in over 20 countries, with the aim of influencing political and journalistic circles.[2] The British chapter was the Central Council of the Economic Leagues.[1] In Finland, the national chapter Suomen Suojelusliitto was founded by the prominent statesman Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim a year earlier in 1923 to do anti-communist education.[3] According to some accounts, Francisco Franco's anti-communism was initially sparked by reading the entente's publications and he also met Aubert.[1] Other notable sympathizers included Philippe Pétain and Franz von Papen.[1]
EIA published Revue Anticommuniste.[4] EIA opened an information centre in August 1937.[4]
After World War II, EIA's membership numbers greatly decreased and its leaders considered the United States to be a better center for leading anti-communist activities than Europe.[1] The organisation ceased operation in 1950.[5]
References
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- ^ Courtois, Stéphane (2007). Dictionnaire du communisme (in French). Larousse. p. 93. ISBN 978-2035837820.
- ^ Pieni Tietosanakirja IV. San Remo - Öölanti. Otava 1928.
- ^ a b André Lasserre; Brigitte Studer (1996). Sous l'œil de Moscou: le Parti communiste suisse et l'Internationale, 1931-1943. Chronos-Verlag. p. 771. ISBN 978-3-905311-56-3.
- ^ Guide to the Hoover Institution Archives. Google Books: Hoover Press. 1980. p. 141. ISBN 9780817925932. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
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