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Andr BettencourtAndr Bettencourt (born 1919) is a French businessman and politician who served in various capacities in the governments of Charles de Gaulle and Georges Pompidou. In the 1920's and 1930's, he was a fascist sympathizer, active in La Cagoule (The Cowl), a French fascist organization financed by Eugne Schueller, the founder of French cosmetics giant L'Oral, at whose corporate headquarters the Cagoule leaders are said to have held their meetings. Under Vichy France, Bettencourt authored a series of articles for "Terre Francaise," a magazine published in France by the National Socialist propaganda ministry, including blatant screeds against Jews, calling for their wholesale destruction. Bettencourt married Schueller's daughter, Liliane Bettencourt (ne Schueller) in June 1950. He then headed the L'Oral cosmetics group until the publication of his Nazi past by a Jewish businessman, Jean Frydman, forced him to step down in disgrace (see references below). He was elected a member of the Acadmie des beaux-arts (Section VI: Unattached members) on March 23, 1988. Internal Links External links References - Michael Bar-Zohar, Bitter Scent: The Case of L'Oral, Nazis, and the Arab Boycott (London, Dutton Books: 1996) pp. 264.
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