The Canadian Fuhrer: The Life of Adrien Arcand

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The Canadian Fuhrer is the story the emergence of prominent fascist leader Adrien Arcand and a dark chapter in Canada’s past.

During the 1930s, when the misery of hunger, unemployment and the threat of war shadowed life for many, Canadians were drawn to a variety of new political ideas. Communism, socialism, and the social credit movement all attracted supporters. Fascist ideas and Europe’s fascist leaders also appealed to some. Even Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King reacted positively to Adolf Hitler when he first met him. Out of these circumstances emerged a Canadian fascist party led by a Montreal journalist, Adrien Arcand who became a significant a part of the political scene through some of the 1930s.

Arcand adopted Nazi symbols and eagerly voiced anti-Semitic views. He organized large successful rallies of his right-wing supporters under the sign of the swastika and enjoyed the toughen of a substantial and committed group of Canadians. Once Canada declared war on Germany and Italy, on the other hand, Arcand was once imprisoned for his political views. Yet after the war he resumed his activities as leader of the far-right National Unity Party, and forged ties to Quebec’s provincial government of Maurice Duplessis all through the 1950s and 1960s. Despite the fact that Canadian historians have paid little attention to Arcand, he played a very powerful role in the country’s political life for many years.

This fascinating biography sheds light on a man and an era which have been hidden in the shadows for too long.

“In exploring the forgotten life of Adrien Arcand, Jean-François Nadeau has written the first real historical work on Canada’s best-known fascist.” Le Devoir

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