Maurice Bunau-Varilla, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maurice Bunau-Varilla

French businessman

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1856

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 01-Aug-1944

Profession: businessperson, media proprietor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Maurice Bunau-Varilla (1856 – 1 August 1944) was a French press magnate, and proprietor of the newspaper Le Matin.
During the Second World War, he made the newspaper's editorial line pro-German and pro-collaborationist, and it ceased publication 16 days after his death.
Bunau-Varilla admired Adolf Hitler more out of his anti-Communist leanings than out of Nazi conviction. Bunau-Varilla developed and promoted Synthol as a cure-all tonic.
Now known as a mouthwash and hair product, as well as a treatment for muscular pain, it is still sold in France.He was the brother of Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla, engineer and diplomat who was instrumental in the building of the Panama Canal.