[1] Cousteau abandoned his communism in the early 1930s, and was drawn to antisemitism and authoritarian view, writing for Coup de Patte and then Je suis partout, becoming editor of the journal in 1932.
While the trips developed his fascist sympathies, his attendance at the Nuremberg Rally of 1937 left him with the opinion that Nazism was impressive but not without its flaws.
[2] In August 1944, he moved to Bad Mergentheim, where he helped run a French newspaper and radio station, before ultimately fleeing to Switzerland.
[3] Released under an amnesty in 1953, he became editor of the extreme nationalist journal Rivarol, as well as contributing to Henry Coston's Lectures Françaises, Jeune Nation, Charivari, Dimanche-Matin and others.
[1] His brother Jacques, whose international profile was growing at the time, had begged Pierre-Antoine to retire from public life following his release from prison, but he refused, insisting that it was a matter of honor that he continue to agitate.