Antisemitism in the French Third Republic
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Antisemitism in the French Third Republic was characterized by the Dreyfus Affair, the Boulangist crisis, and the creation of leagues among the far-right as nationalism became a core right-wing value.
It began with[dubious – discuss] the Dreyfus Affair, which had begun to subside by the turn of the twentieth century, at which point nationalist group Action française began to gain popularity. Antisemitism, which had previously been common on both sides of the political spectrum, became an ideology of the right — even, particularly after the Sacred Union of the First World War, of the far right. The 1930s saw a resurgence in antisemitism, as "Judeo-Bolshevism" became a subject of public denunciation in the aftermath of the October Revolution.
