Roger Monclin
Roger Monclin (31 January 1903 – 26 July 1985) was a French militant pacifist and anarchist. In the inter-war years he edited the pacifist magazine La Patrie humaine (The Human Homeland). He is known for his book Les damnés de la guerre (1934) in which he shows the misery of ordinary soldiers during World War I (1914–18) forced to fight in impossible conditions. Life Roger Monclin was born on 31 January 1903 in Reims, Marne. He left school early and became a traveling representative in perfumery. He met Victor Méric and joined the Ligue des Combattants de la Paix (League of Fighters for Peace) that Meric had founded in 1929. In 1931 he was among the founders of the pacifist and anti-militarist magazine La Patrie Humaine. He became the administrator of the magazine, and was joint editor with Robert Tourly from the death of Meric in 1933 until 1939. Monclin attacked militarism, arms dealers and crimes of military "justice" in speeches and articles. Thus on 14 December 1934 a conference was arranged on Les grands crimes de la justice militaire, with Louis Potiez as chair. Speakers included Monclin and Louis Loréal. The program was attached to a police report the