From Adolf Hitler to Jacques Chirac: who was Jacques Benoist-Méchin, whose biography has just come out?

Following the publication of "Until the end of the night. The lives of Jacques Benoist-Méchin (1901-1983)" (Perrin) by the writer Éric Roussel, our columnist Jean-Numa Ducange paints the portrait of this pro-Nazi writer, fascinated by Arab civilization, who conversed with the Führer before being, years later, invited to the table of Jacques Chirac.