Row in France As Leading News Outlet Attempts Rehabilitation of Notorious Antisemite | Algemeiner.com
An article praising one of the most notorious antisemites in French history has resulted in a storm of condemnation of its author, a parliamentarian from the conservative Les Républicains (LR) Party.
The article — titled “Maurice Barrès, the herald of the sacred union” — was published on Saturday in the weekend magazine of the prominent media outlet Le Figaro and extensively discussed in its weekly podcast. The article’s author, Jean-Louis Thiériot, argued that Barrès, a writer and politician who stoked violence against Jews during the show trial of the French Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus during the 1890s, deserved a more generous interpretation of his legacy despite his well-known antisemitic views.
The article — titled “Maurice Barrès, the herald of the sacred union” — was published on Saturday in the weekend magazine of the prominent media outlet Le Figaro and extensively discussed in its weekly podcast. The article’s author, Jean-Louis Thiériot, argued that Barrès, a writer and politician who stoked violence against Jews during the show trial of the French Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus during the 1890s, deserved a more generous interpretation of his legacy despite his well-known antisemitic views.
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