Louis Ferdinand Céline (right) 1943 with the writer Rene d'Ueckermann from Paris , as guest during a reception at the Jaeckelsbruch Castle of Arno Breker in . This photograph was discovered in January, 2004.

Paris/Berlin (bpb) Louis Ferdinand Céline is one of the most popular French writers of the 20th century. His books are a must for the upper class and are very popular among the students of our time in . Accused of collaboration, Céline fled (1944) to live in at Sigmaringen and then moved (1945) to . Condemned by default (1950) in to one year of imprisonment and declared a national disgrace, Céline returned to after his pardon in 1951.