The term “Popular Front” designates a political alliance between communists, socialists, and bourgeois left-wing parties. In France, such a heterogenous alliance (Front populaire) won the elections in May 1936. As the nation’s first Jewish Prime Minister, Léon Blum (1872–1950) was at the head of the new government. Under pressure from the worldwide economic crisis and Fascism i…
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Birnbaum, Pierre, “Popular Front”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 03 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0981>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116
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