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by António Martins and recolored by Ivan Sache
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Znamierowski reports that the Parti national socialiste chretien (National socialist
Christian party), founded in Montreal, used between 1933 and 1938 a blue flag
charged with a red swastika in a white disk. No image is provided but I guess it
was simply a 'recolouring' of the NSDAP flag.
The image is reconstructed after Znamierowski's description.
If this is the same group as Arcand's blue shirt (the colouring would point
to that) then I have seen a Black and White picture of it in my history class. I
think there was some kind of wreath around the disk (either laurel or maple
leaf). Above, I said that I could remember a wreath around the circle of the flag,
this quote from the article: http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?
PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000267 seems to confirm my remembrance:
Note that though the use of the word "crown" here might suggest the
presence of one, the French version of the article use the phrasing "couronné d'un castor canadien", crowned by a
Canadian beaver.
As to the colour of the flag,
http://www.junobeach.org/e/2/can-eve-eve-fas-pns-e.htm says the following:
"The stage of the Monument National Theatre was decorated with four
huge letters, the initials of the Party's name, PNSC, spelled out in small
three-colour flags with the swastika. [...]" This might indicate the use of blue, white and red (the original French
version call it "tricolore" as the French flag's nickname) tho not
necessarily in the order mentioned by Znamierowski (who might have better source
then us or might have guessed). The flag itself might have been use only during
the period of 1934-1938, time at which
Arcand's party joined other Canadian groups to form the National Unity Party.
Lastly, note that the name of the party is not "Parti
national-socialiste Chrétien" but "Parti national-social
Chrétien<". Being virulently anti-communists, Arcand could have
disliked the term or might have wanted to make sure not to be confused with
left-wingers who happened to be nationalistic.
Ivan Sache, 18 March 2001
Marc Pasquin, 18 March 2001
"The Parti national social chrétien (established
1934) had as its emblem a swastika surrounded by maple leaves with a Canadian
beaver appearing at the crown."
quoted from: William Kaplan
Le Patriote, March 1, 1934 (in Jacques Lacoursière, Histoire populaire du Québec, 1997) (translation)
Marc Pasquin, 22 April 2004