Jules Guérin (politician)
Jules Guérin (born September 14, 1860 in Madrid , † February 10, 1910 in Paris ) founded and led the Ligue antisémitique de France (Antisemitic League of France), an anti-Semitic French alliance that was close to the French Ligue des Patriotes (League of Patriots) . The Ligue antisémitique de France was involved in numerous anti-Semitic protests directed against Dreyfus and his defenders during the Dreyfus affair , which deeply divided the French Republic between 1894 and 1906. For example, after the publication of Émile Zola's article J'accuse, Guérin incited the assembled crowds to assault.
When it became clear that the Joint Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeal would overturn the judgment against Alfred Dreyfus , on February 23, 1899, following the state funeral of President Faure, the politician Paul Déroulède , the founder of the chauvinist and anti-parliamentary league, attempted a coup d'état of the patriotes. This coup attempt was supported by Jules Guérin, among others. Déroulède counted on the support of the army for his coup d'état. General de Pellieux, who commanded the main escort at the funeral of Faure, was to meet the troops of Déroulède on the return from the funeral near the Place de la Nation and, as agreed, then deviate from the planned route and march towards the Elysée Palace. However, Pellieux broke his word at the last moment and asked the Military Governor Zurlinden to put him in command of a smaller escort. General Roget, who took his place, arrested Dèroulède. Guérin tried to avoid arrest by holing up in his house on rue Chabrol. He only gave up after 23 days of siege. The term Fort Chabrol is occasionally used in some French-speaking countries for a siege situation.
Guérin was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on January 3, 1900, among other things for participating in a plot against the Republic, the Ligue de antisémitique was dissolved.
literature
- Ruth Harris: The Man on Devil's Island - Alfred Dreyfus and the Affair that divided France. Penguin Books, London 2011, ISBN 978-0-141-01477-7 .
- George Whyte : The Dreyfus Affair. The power of prejudice. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-631-60218-8 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guerin, Jules |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French anti-Semitic politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1910 |
| Place of death | Paris |