Archives at Cornell

Charlie Hebdo collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 8500

Scope and content

Newspapers, broadsides, and bumper stickers reacting to the Charlie Hebdo attack. Includes a published statement from the Kurdish community in France condemning the attack. Newspapers include Il giornale (Milan), Charlie hebdo (Paris), La Repubblica (Rome), Semanario argentino (Miami, Florida), and Minute (Paris).

Dates

2015.

Language of Material

In French, Italian, and Spanish.

Biographical / Historical

On January 7, 2015, in retaliation for cartoons that they viewed as blasphemous against Islam, a small group of Islamic extremists attacked the headquarters of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, killing 12 people, including the editor, staff cartoonists, and policemen. The public reaction was swift and emphatic, with large rallies of people carrying signs saying "Je suis Charlie" (I am Charlie), and many other comments from people around the world in defense of freedom of speech and freedom of the press.