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Philippe Grumbach
Philippe Grumbach (1924–2003) was a French journalist and writer, who also engaged in film production. He worked at L'Express magazine for twenty-four years, becoming in the 1970s its editor-in-chief. In 2024, many years after his death, it was revealed that he had been a Soviet spy throughout his career.
Philippe Grumbach was born on 25 June 1924 to a Jewish family in the 16th, the westernmost arrondissement of Paris. His father was Henri Grumbach, stockmarket specialist in arbitrage and his mother Jacqueline Dalsheimer. He completed his formative education at the capital's Lycée Janson-de-Sailly and then at the Lycée Périer in Marseille. He fled from France to the United States along with his mother and siblings in 1940 to escape the Nazis' and the regime's persecution of Jews in their home country.
Grumbach, in 1943, started working at the Voice of America New York radio station as a speaker and an assistant to the editor. The same year, he joined the US Army and fought along the French Resistance in Algeria. After France's liberation, he worked at the Ministry of Information, joining, in 1946, the AFP news agency and, in 1948, the Libération newspaper.
He joined the periodical L'Express, founded by journalist and "maverick" politician Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, in 1954, becoming chief editor after two years. He left L'Express in 1963, and worked in various publications, such as the satirical Le Crapouillot, while he also founded the Pariscope cultural guide of the city. In 1971, he returned to L'Express as political editor. His appointment came after a crisis in the magazine caused by a rift between its owner and the editorial team, the result of which was the resignation of a number of top staff, including that of political editor Claude Imbert, who went on to assume the position of Paris-Match editor-in-chief.
After his public service years, Grumbach returned to journalism, working from 1984 onward at the conservative Le Figaro newspaper, where he was appointed deputy editorial director and, in 1986, introduced its Media page. In 1989, he became communications director for the advertising space purchasing group Carat-Espace and also worked as a consultant to press and multimedia communication corporations.
In 1975, when Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was president, Grumbach, by appointment of the Jacques Chirac government, joined the state commission entrusted with "ensuring the quality of radio and television programs," where he served until 1981. During the period between 1977 and 1981, he was a member of High Council for the Audiovisual Industry and the Commission that oversaw the application of the "right to respond". He also served for many years, starting in 1978, as an administrator at the research center Institut français de l'éducation, engaged in the dissemination of French language and culture.
In 1981, Grumbach founded the Horizons company and, as its CEO, began producing films, among the most notable of which was Claude Chabrol's Les Fantômes du chapelier, titled The Hatter's Ghost in English.
Grumbach was a close confidant of socialist politicians Pierre Mendès France and François Mitterrand, who became president. At the same time, he was close for several years to conservative president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, as well as to prime minister Edgar Faure. In 1977, the satirical magazine Le Canard Enchainé described Grumbach as "one of the most listened-to advisors" of the French political elite.
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Philippe Grumbach
Philippe Grumbach (1924–2003) was a French journalist and writer, who also engaged in film production. He worked at L'Express magazine for twenty-four years, becoming in the 1970s its editor-in-chief. In 2024, many years after his death, it was revealed that he had been a Soviet spy throughout his career.
Philippe Grumbach was born on 25 June 1924 to a Jewish family in the 16th, the westernmost arrondissement of Paris. His father was Henri Grumbach, stockmarket specialist in arbitrage and his mother Jacqueline Dalsheimer. He completed his formative education at the capital's Lycée Janson-de-Sailly and then at the Lycée Périer in Marseille. He fled from France to the United States along with his mother and siblings in 1940 to escape the Nazis' and the regime's persecution of Jews in their home country.
Grumbach, in 1943, started working at the Voice of America New York radio station as a speaker and an assistant to the editor. The same year, he joined the US Army and fought along the French Resistance in Algeria. After France's liberation, he worked at the Ministry of Information, joining, in 1946, the AFP news agency and, in 1948, the Libération newspaper.
He joined the periodical L'Express, founded by journalist and "maverick" politician Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, in 1954, becoming chief editor after two years. He left L'Express in 1963, and worked in various publications, such as the satirical Le Crapouillot, while he also founded the Pariscope cultural guide of the city. In 1971, he returned to L'Express as political editor. His appointment came after a crisis in the magazine caused by a rift between its owner and the editorial team, the result of which was the resignation of a number of top staff, including that of political editor Claude Imbert, who went on to assume the position of Paris-Match editor-in-chief.
After his public service years, Grumbach returned to journalism, working from 1984 onward at the conservative Le Figaro newspaper, where he was appointed deputy editorial director and, in 1986, introduced its Media page. In 1989, he became communications director for the advertising space purchasing group Carat-Espace and also worked as a consultant to press and multimedia communication corporations.
In 1975, when Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was president, Grumbach, by appointment of the Jacques Chirac government, joined the state commission entrusted with "ensuring the quality of radio and television programs," where he served until 1981. During the period between 1977 and 1981, he was a member of High Council for the Audiovisual Industry and the Commission that oversaw the application of the "right to respond". He also served for many years, starting in 1978, as an administrator at the research center Institut français de l'éducation, engaged in the dissemination of French language and culture.
In 1981, Grumbach founded the Horizons company and, as its CEO, began producing films, among the most notable of which was Claude Chabrol's Les Fantômes du chapelier, titled The Hatter's Ghost in English.
Grumbach was a close confidant of socialist politicians Pierre Mendès France and François Mitterrand, who became president. At the same time, he was close for several years to conservative president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, as well as to prime minister Edgar Faure. In 1977, the satirical magazine Le Canard Enchainé described Grumbach as "one of the most listened-to advisors" of the French political elite.