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Leon Blum

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Leon Blum · Historical & Religious Figures

What

First Jewish (and socialist) Prime Minister of France

When

1872, Paris, France — 1950, Jouy-en-Josas, France

Where

Paris, France

Biography

Leon Blum is recognized among Jewish contributors to Historical & Religious Figures — First Jewish (and socialist) Prime Minister of France

How & why

Leon Blum was the first Jewish and first socialist Prime Minister of France, leading the Popular Front from 1936. He came from an Alsatian Jewish family and remained openly proud of his Jewish identity; he was later deported by the Vichy regime to Buchenwald and survived.

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First Jewish (and socialist) Prime Minister of France

1872

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