ABSTRACT
Overcoming the fascist contamination Since 1945 the fortunes of the Breton movement ('Emsav' in Breton circles) have undergone a profound transformation. The combined effect of the upsurge in French national sentiment at the Liberation and the notoriety of those Breton activists who collaborated with fascism in one way or another, led to a post-war political climate hostile to the cause of Breton specificity. So damaging was the legacy of collaboration that, as late as 1974, a popular magazine was moved to describe the nationalist organisation responsible for blowing up the TV mast at Roc 'h Tredudon, in protest at the insufficient air time accorded to the Breton language and culture, as 'une sequelle du nazisme' .1
