Jules Guérin
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Jules Guérin was the founder and leader of the French
Ligue Antisemitique, an organisation similar to the Ligue des Patriotes
. The Ligue was involved in many anti-semitic and anti-Dreyfus protests during the Dreyfus Affair
. Guérin was indicted, with Déroulède and his Ligue de Patriotes for conspiring against the State. Guérin refused to be taken and fortified his house in the Rue Chabrol. After 23 days of siege, he eventually gave himself up. The term "Fort Chabrol" for a siege situation is still in use in some French-speaking countries, even among law enforcement agencies. The Ligue was outlawed in November 1899 and Guérin was imprisoned for ten years.
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Ligue Antisemitique, an organisation similar to the Ligue des Patriotes
Ligue des Patriotes
The Ligue des Patriotes was a French far right league, founded in 1882 by the nationalist poet Paul Déroulède, historian Henri Martin, and Felix Faure. The Ligue began as a non-partisan nationalist league calling for 'revanche' against Germany, and literally means "League of Patriots"...
. The Ligue was involved in many anti-semitic and anti-Dreyfus protests during the Dreyfus Affair
Dreyfus Affair
The Dreyfus affair was a political scandal that divided France in the 1890s and the early 1900s. It involved the conviction for treason in November 1894 of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a young French artillery officer of Alsatian Jewish descent...
. Guérin was indicted, with Déroulède and his Ligue de Patriotes for conspiring against the State. Guérin refused to be taken and fortified his house in the Rue Chabrol. After 23 days of siege, he eventually gave himself up. The term "Fort Chabrol" for a siege situation is still in use in some French-speaking countries, even among law enforcement agencies. The Ligue was outlawed in November 1899 and Guérin was imprisoned for ten years.