2015-2025, 10 years of January 7
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Journalists, designers, directors, lawyers and even head of security remember the few days between the attack and the publication of the “survivors number”. A look back at the cohabitation between two editorial offices with historical links.
Liberation welcomes the writing of Charlie Hebdo. Between the two newspapers, the links are historical and multiple, professional and friendly. Immediately after the attack, our emblematic premises on rue Béranger (3rd arrondissement), the “liner” as it was called, became the raft of survivors and the media epicenter of what was happening during this tragic week. Each one both actor and spectator of this extraordinary moment. We interviewed some key witnesses from those hours “intense” et “atrocious” (recurring words). And if many talk about a “great fog”the memories of some fill in the blanks of others, and weave a collective story. To the point that two of the “Charlies” from the “survivors number”, Coco and Laurent Léger, have since joined Libé.
Willy Le Devin, journalist has Libé (1) : At that time, I was hanging out with freelancers close to Charlie. At the end of December, at the end of an evening, I took Charb home by car. I put him down at the Arts et Métiers station, he wants to walk a little. This is not very consistent with safety instructions. I winnow it: “Don’t get killed, otherwise I’ll have problems!” It makes him laugh…
Johan Hufnagel, deputy director of Libé: January 2015 is already a sad time actually. A bleeding editorial [une centaine de départs, ndlr], elders who
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