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Léon Blum — Leader of the Popular Front, 1872–1950
A literary critic who became, through the Dreyfus Affair, Jaurès’s heir at the head of French socialism: the first socialist — and first Jew — to head the government, the man of paid holidays. Tried at Riom by Vichy, he turned the accusation on his judges; deported to Buchenwald, he returned and served again. (Editorial synthesis)
Léon Blum was born on 9 April 1872. (source: Assemblée nationale and Encyclopædia Britannica)
Léon Blum was born in Paris. (source: Assemblée nationale and Encyclopædia Britannica)
Léon Blum died on 30 March 1950. (source: Assemblée nationale and Encyclopædia Britannica)
Léon Blum died in Jouy-en-Josas. (source: Assemblée nationale and Encyclopædia Britannica)
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