André Malraux
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Georges André Malraux was a French novelist, member of the French Resistance, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's 1933 novel La Condition Humaine is set during the 1927 Shanghai
Malraux in 1974
The Banteay Srei temple was the subject of a celebrated case of art theft when André Malraux stole four images of devatas in 1923 (he was soon arrested and the figures returned).
Malraux in 1933
André Malraux in 1974
Shanghai massacre
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The Shanghai massacre of 12 April 1927, the April 12 Purge or the April 12 Incident as it is commonly known in China, was the violent suppression of Chinese Communist Party organizations and leftist e
André Malraux
…the French Resistance, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's 1933 novel La Condition Humaine (Man's Fate) is set during the 1927 Shanghai uprising and won the Prix Goncourt; L'Espoir (Man's Hope, 1937) arose from his experiences during the Spanish Civil War. After the Second World War he abandoned…
Communists being rounded up during the purges
Chiang Kai-shek at the beginning of the Northern Expedition in 1926
Public beheading of a communist
The Nanking Nationalist government was established on April 18, with Chiang Kai-shek as head of government.