Editing Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (section)

===Censorship and publication bans===
''Pilote de guerre'' (''Flight To Arras''), which describes the German invasion of France, was slightly censored when it was released in its original French during wartime by [[Éditions Gallimard]] in his homeland in 1942, due to the removal of a derogatory remark which was made about [[Hitler]] (which Gallimard failed to reinsert in subsequent editions after [[World War II]]). Shortly after the book's wartime release in France, Nazi appeasers and Vichy supporters objected to its praise of one of Saint-Exupéry's squadron colleagues, Captain [[Jean Israël]], who was portrayed as being amongst the squadron's bravest defenders during the [[Battle of France]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Associés |first=Pierre Bergé & |title=Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |url=http://www.pba-auctions.com/en/lot/116682/16604427-antoine-de-saintexuperywar-pilsearch=& |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Pierre Bergé & Associés |language=fr}}</ref>

In support of their German occupiers and masters, Vichy authorities attacked the author as a defender of [[Jews]] (in [[racist]] terms) leading to the praised book being banned in France,<ref name=":0" /> along with prohibitions against further printings of Saint-Exupéry's other works.{{sfnp|Schiff|1996|p=366}} Prior to [[Military history of France during World War II#Campaign of France (1944–1945)|France's liberation]] new printings of Saint-Exupéry's works were made available there only by means of covert print runs, such as that of February 1943 when 1,000 copies of an [[Resistance during World War II|underground]] version of ''Pilote de guerre'' were printed in Lyon.{{sfnp|Schiff|1996|p=366}}{{sfnp|Severson|2004|p=166, 171}}<ref name=NetC/>

A further complication occurred due to Saint-Exupéry's and others' view of General [[Charles de Gaulle]], who was held in low regard. Early in the war, de Gaulle became the leader of the [[Free French Forces]] in exile, with his headquarters in London. Even though both men were working to free France from Nazi occupation, Saint-Exupéry viewed de Gaulle with apprehension as a possible post-war dictator, and he consequently provided no public support to the General. De Gaulle retaliated by implying that the author was a supporter of Germany, and he then had his literary works banned in [[Resistance during World War II|France's North African colonies]]. Saint-Exupéry's writings were, with irony, banned simultaneously in [[occupied France]] and the territory which was controlled by [[Free France]].<ref name=NYT2000/>{{sfnp|Schiff|1996|p=414}}