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Olier Mordrel (29 April 1901 – 25 October 1985) is the Breton language version of Olivier Mordrelle, a Breton nationalist and wartime collaborator with the Third Reich who founded the separatist Breton National Party. Before the war, he worked as an architect.
Olivier Mordrelle, dit Olier Mordrel, né à Paris le 29 avril 1901 et mort à Treffiagat le 25 octobre 1985 [1], est un architecte, écrivain et homme politique français. Militant nationaliste breton, il est l'un des cofondateurs du journal Breiz Atao, du Parti autonomiste breton puis du Parti national breton (PNB).
For more information, please contact open-access@uwm.edu. Bezen Perrot: The Breton nationalist unit of the SS, 1943-5. Daniel Leach, University of Melbourne. Abstract. This article charts the origins and course of the wartime Breton collaborationist force, the Bezen Perrot (Perrot Unit).
- Daniel Leach
- 2008
Breton nationalist Olier Mordrel, visiting Nazi Germany, describes the history of Brittany, French influence and power, and the Breton nationalism movement. He emphasizes connections between Brittany and Germany and outlines a plan for a successful nationalist movement.
Olier Mordrel, along with Breton linguist Ropraz Hemon, founded the literary journal Gwalarn (a Breton term for the cardinal direction North-West) in 1925 for the purpose of promoting a “purer,” “literary” Breton language, unlike the everyday use of the language, spoken primarily by peasants.
- Annie de Saussure
- 2014
Having broken in 1931 from regionalism, its founders (Olier Mordrel and François Debeauvais) were inspired by the success of the Irish War of Independence and played the secessionist card. When the war broke out, the Breton National Party chose a position of strict neutrality.
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Breiz Atao reappeared as the mouthpiece of the militants led by Olier Mordrel and François Debauvais . In March 1933, Breiz Atao published a draft political programme, drawn up by Mordrel.
