Antisemitic League of France
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The Antisemitic League of France (
First known under the name of Ligue nationale antisémitique de France (National Antisemitic League of France) or Ligue antisémite française (French Antisemitic League), this
Its 1889 foundation was inspired by the success of Drumont's antisemitic pamphlet
Beside propaganda, the League also organized antisemitic demonstrations and provoked some riots, a method later generalized by the
After a disagreement between Drumont and Guérin in 1899, the League became, under the direction of Guérin, the Grand Occident de France, still antisemitic but even more anti-Masonic, the name itself being a reaction against the Masonic Grand Orient de France. It was thereafter essentially linked to Guérin's newspaper, L'Antijuif. The League progressively disappeared after the "Fort Chabrol" affair and the arrest of Guérin. After an initial surge during the Dreyfus Affair, far right leagues appeared again during the interwar period.
See also
- Dreyfus Affair
- Édouard Drumont
- Far right leagues in France
References
- OCLC 751933102.