Fernand de Brinon

Fernand de Brinon, Marquis de Brinon (French pronunciation: ​[feʁnɑ̃ də bʁinɔ̃]; 26 August 1885 – 15 April 1947) was a French lawyer and journalist who was one of the architects of French collaboration with the Nazis during World War II. He claimed to have had five private talks with Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1937.
Biography
Born into a wealthy family in the city of Libourne in the Gironde département, Ferdinand de Brinon studied political science and law at university but chose to work as a journalist in Paris. After World War I, he advocated a rapprochement with Germany. He became friends with Joachim von Ribbentrop.
Ferdinand de Brinon married Jeanne Louise Rachel Franck, aka Lisette, the Jewish former wife of Claude Ullmann; she converted to Catholicism. By her Brinon had two stepsons.
The Brinons became leading socialites in 1930s Paris, and close friends of the political right-wing elite. A leading advocate for collaboration...