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Declaration read out on 3 September 1936 to the meeting on The Truth About the Moscow Trial

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Author André Breton
People cited Otto Bauer, Joseph Staline, Léon Trotsky

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Manuscripts by André Breton for the speech of 3 September 1936 and the identical tract, prepared ready for printing.  

From the singular to the plural: the draft of this speech of 3 September 1936 reveals the transformation of an isolated voice as a spokesperson for a group into a more clearly defined authority. That’s because this concerns the very first Moscow trials, and that Breton’s reaction is as fierce as can be: 'abominable', 'unforgivable', the trials confirmed the drift towards totalitarianism of a Stalinism that Breton had long suspected. The break with the Communist Party, at the beginning of 1935, then the experience of Contre-attaque at last gave him the freedom to express this. Finally, advocating in favour of Trostky would anticipate the meeting that would take place two years later in Mexico. [Atelier André Breton website, 2005]

Handwritten manuscript 
- 6 in-4° pages.

Translated by Krzysztof Fijalkowski

Bibliography

José Pierre (dir.) , Tracts surréalistes et Déclarations collectives (1922-1969), Paris, Le Terrain vague (Éric Losfeld éditeur), t. I, p. 306

Maurice Nadeau, Histoire du surréalisme, Documents surréalistes, Paris, Le Seuil, 1948, p. 350

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La Vérité sur le procès de Moscou

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Tract rédigé par André Breton le 3 septembre 1936 et dans lequel il prend la défense de Léon Trotsky.

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Tracts surréalistes et déclarations collectives