Antisemitic League of France
- Antisemitic League of France
The Antisemitic League of France ( _fr. Ligue antisémitique de France) was founded in 1889 by the journalist Edouard Drumont. First known under the name of "Ligue nationale antisémitique de France" (National Antisemitic League of France) or "Ligue antisémite française" (French Antisemitic League), this nationalist league was created in the midst of the Dreyfus Affair. Beside spreading anti-Semitic propaganda, the League was also anti-Masonry. It had as general delegates Jacques de Biez. Jules Guérin was an active member of it. The League was located on rue Lepic in Paris.
Its 1889 foundation was inspired by the success of the antisemitic pamphlet of Drumont, "La France juive", and also by the Boulangist crisis. It was supported by newspapers such as Drumont's "La Libre Parole", Jules Guérin's "L'Antijuif", Maurice Barrès's "La Cocarde", Henri Rochefort's "L'Intransigeant" and the Catholic newspaper "La Croix".
Beside propaganda, the League also organized antisemitic demonstrations and provoked some riots, a method later generalized by the far-right leagues in France. It denounced the Panama scandals, took side against Alfred Dreyfus and spread conspiracy theories concerning the Masonry's alleged activities in the Third Republic.
After a disagreement between Drumont and Guérin in 1899, the League became, under the direction of Guérin, the Grand Occident de France, still anti-Semitic but even more anti-Masonic, the name itself been a reaction against the 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
*Edouard Drumont
*Far right leagues in France
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