[PDF] Léon Blum Ainsi son double négatif

Who was Léon Blum?

Born into a Jewish family in Paris, three-time French prime minister Léon Blum had initially studied law. He joined politics inspired by the Dreyfus affair. The first socialist and the first Jew to head France, he introduced reforms such as the 40-hour work week and paid vacations.

Who is the Blum family?

Léon Blum est le second fils d'Abraham, dit « Auguste » 1 Blum n 2, qui tient un commerce prospère de rubans et soieries avec ses frères Henri et Émile, la maison « Blum frères » 1, et de Marie Adèle Alice Picart n 3, tous deux de religion juive.

What did Blum do in 1919?

Blum was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1919. His first task was to reconstruct the Socialist Party after the split of December 1920, when the Communist section of it won a majority at the party’s Congress of Tours and so inherited the party machinery, funds, and press.