Jean Frydman

Jean Frydman was a French resistant and businessman.

Resistant

During World War II, at the age of 15 he rallied the France libre. A prisoner at Buchenwald, he met Marcel Dassault. He escaped from Buchenwald.

Man of communication

He was among the first managers of the radio Europe 1 between 1957 and 1962; he headed Télé Monte Carlo, and was then director of the advertising agency Régie n°1. He was dubbed «the secret gardener of the French audiovisual sector».

Businessman

After having been forced to leave the Board of Paravision, audiovisual branch of L'Oréal, he revealed^[1] the past life of André Bettencourt during the WW2,^[2] forcing to express regrets about « past mistakes ».^[3]

A man of peace

Pursuing peace and compromise, he advised Yitzhak Rabin et Ehud Barak.

References, external links

• Michel Bar-Zohar, Bitter Scent: The Case of L'Oréal, Nazis, and the Arab Boycott (London, Dutton Books : 1996)
• (French) Élie Barnavi, "Jean Frydman, Tableaux d'une vie", isbn 978-202-090818-4, 2008
• (French) Jean-Pierre Chaline, « André Bettencourt (1919-2007) », dans Études normandes ISSN 0014-2158, 2008-1

1. ^ (French) L'Oréal: l'arme de la mémoire (L'Express) http://www.lexpress.fr/informations/l-oreal-l-arme-de-la-memoire_602829.html
2. ^ Michel Bar-Zohar, Bitter Scent: The Case of L'Oréal, Nazis, and the Arab Boycott, London, Dutton Books, 1996
3. ^ « André Bettencourt », Telegraph, 23 novembre 2007

See also

• L'Oréal