Quid (encyclopedia)

Quid was a 1963-2007 year in Éditions Robert Laffont appearing single-volume encyclopedic reference work in France.

Quid (1963-2007)

The presentation was very compressed, made ​​extensive use of abbreviations and was kept in telegraphic style. Quid was founded in 1963 by Dominique Frémy. The motto of the work was " tout sur ​​tout et tout de suite ... " ( German for something like this: "All About Everything ... and immediately ").

With 2200 pages, the 2007 edition had about the format of an extensive dictionary.

A version in 2008 no longer existed, as Éditions Robert Laffont had not published the book due to falling sales figures. For the 2009 edition it was - ultimately unsuccessful - looking for a new publisher.

Online version (1997-2010)

From 1997 to March 25, 2010 Quid was also available on the Internet. In addition to full current output, the website offered quid.fr daily news, a world atlas with 6,000 cards and lexical entries over the 36 380 French municipalities with details on the history, geography, landmarks and economic life.

Faurisson scandal

In the output for the year 2002 can be found under the heading of Auschwitz a long list of different estimates of the number of victims of Auschwitz. At the end of the list that starts with the highest estimates, is well-known as a Holocaust denier Robert Faurisson listed, which is referred to in Quid as " revisionist ". After Faurisson be it at the lower end of the scale, only one hundred and fifty thousand dead, including hundreds of thousands of Jews who mostly died of typhoid fever. The estimates were listed next to each other without comment.

Against the mention Faurisson complained various Jewish and anti-racist organizations. The publisher promised to revise the chapter for the next edition. But the issue in 2003 appeared with identical text. The same associations filed a lawsuit and obtained again in the fast-track a ban. The publisher apologized for the withdrawal of three hundred thousand copies shipped rejected by the court. ( The cost is specified with two million euros. ) Quid spoke of a " manufacturing defect " and wanted to turn newspaper ads and leave in the bookstores, a poster, which indicates the error, hang up. Undelivered copies were given a leaflet.

Quid (magazine)

In March 2011, was published by Éditions Robert Laffont first time Quid Magazine, a magazine that is published annually in two editions. It is subtitled: N ° 1 pour tout savoir (the " No. 1, to learn everything ").