More than six years ago, cartoonist Charb, publishing director of Charlie Hebdo, was killed in the attack on the satirical newspaper.

After a very emotional trial a few months ago, Stéphane Charbonnier's mother, Denise, speaks for the first time.

She remembers her son on Tuesday at the microphone of Europe 1.  

INTERVIEW

"We were very close and very accomplices," remembers Denise Charbonnier, the mother of cartoonist Charb, murdered on January 7, 2015 during the

Charlie Hebdo

attack

.

She confides in the book

Letter to my son Charb

co-written with journalist Liliane Roudière.

Book she presents for the first time on Europe 1 Tuesday at the microphone of Patrick Cohen.

"He drew every day"

The mother of the famous designer Charb remembers her son's sketches at home or on vacation.

Then in the high school newspapers.

Right down to the pages of the satirical

Charlie Hebdo

newspaper

.

In the Charbonnier's house, the living room table was filled with drawings.

On each notebook, binder and other school supplies of the young Stéphane Charbonnier, was a sketch.

"He drew from a very young age, from kindergarten and every day", breathes Denise Charbonnier.

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When he had a doubt about the spelling of a word, it was quite naturally to her that Stéphane Charbonnier turned.

Denise then repeated the spelling rule for him until he closed the conversation, grumpy, with a "good enough, you tell me how it is written but do not repeat the French rule", she says.

A defender of freedom of expression 

This passionate designer was not, moreover, a model student.

"He was not good at math, he wrote critical articles on why math existed and he questioned their usefulness ... So it was all around the college, even the math teacher laughed at it!", Says Denise Charbonnier. smile.

A determination that he retained in his career as a journalist. Often angry with inequalities, he was a man fiercely committed to freedom of expression. Charlie Hebdo lawyer Richard Malka even presents him as a "rabid political fighter when it comes to defending his deepest convictions."