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LOT 24:
"La Libre Parole" - Édouard Drumont - six early issues
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"La Libre Parole" - Édouard Drumont - six early issues
Six early issues of the virulent anti-Semitic newspaper La Libre Parole, edited by the anti-Semitic propagandist and journalist Edouard Drumont, founder of the Anti-Semitic League in France. Different months in the years 1894-1895.
On the title page of the May 19, 1894 issue, there is a large caricature presenting a "proposal" for the new French postage stamp. Four proposals feature anti-Semitic caricatures depicting the Rothschild family's control over the French economy. In one of the "proposals, " a Jew is seen flying away on a broom leaving France. The anti-Semitic caption below reads: "Competition for the new postage stamp. We sent the four examples above, they were rejected mercilessly...because these proposals are simply excellent...we appeal this decision for people who want to be completely free." On the inside pages, there is a cartoon in the form of an "ongoing story" about the Jewish swindler, and so in the other issues.
The magazine La Libre Parole ("The Free Word") was published as a weekly by the anti-Semitic journalist Edouard Drumont (1844-1917). On the title page of each issue, a large anti-Semitic caricature is printed in color. In the upper right part of the title page of each issue, the slogan "!La France aux Français" - 'France for the French' appears. On the inside pages, there are anti-Semitic articles insulting Jews, and of the threat they pose to France with their presence.
Drumont's newspaper was the first to publish news of the arrest of Alfred Dreyfus on November 1, 1894. On the first page of the newspaper, the news of Dreyfus's arrest was reported. Drumont boasted of his articles and newspaper contributions to prevent what he called "the fall of France into the hands of the Jews." The obsessive anti-Semitic articles during the Dreyfus affair period increased the circulation of his newspaper to reach one hundred thousand copies. Drumont became popular at the time for his inciting articles against Jews and capitalism, and his fighting and inspiring speeches to the masses. He boasted of being a kind of "pope of anti-Semitism." His views also went beyond the borders of France and influenced the policies of the Vichy regime and collaborators with the Nazis in France during World War II.
Six complete issues. 38 cm. General condition good.
