Jean Oberlé

Who is Jean Oberlé?

Jean Oberlé was a French painter who became a member of the French Resistance.

Born in Brest in 1900, he illustrated a number of contemporary books and worked for different Parisian newspapers and magazines, of which le Crapouillot was the most important.

He won the Prix Blumenthal in 1934.

In 1940, he was at the BBC's Broadcasting House with Jean Marin when General de Gaulle made his famous speech on 18 June 1940 calling on the French to resist.

During the Second World War, he became one of the main French speakers on the Free French broadcasts of the BBC. He created many of the famous slogans of the BBC Free French broadcast in particular: « Radio Paris ment, Radio Paris ment, Radio Paris est allemand».