Blum's Idol Was The Traitor Dreyfus

Blum had little interest in politics until the Dreyfus Affair of 1894, which had a traumatic effect on him as it did on many French Jews. Campaigning as a Dreyfusard brought him into contact with the socialist leader Jean Jaurès, whom he greatly admired. 

Lenin Was Blum's Model

In 1920, he worked with the supporters of the Russian Revolution, and helped formed the French Communist Party.

Blum Was A Communist

Blum led the SFIO through the 1920s and 1930s, and was also editor of the party's new paper, Le Populaire. He was a Communist Marxist who followed Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's orders in treating the SFIO as "social fascists."
 

Blum Defied The Nazis

Blum was a 78 year-old Juif, and a communist, who claims he defied Nazis in the Riom Trial on charges of treason, for having "weakened France's defences". He used the courtroom to make a brilliant indictment of the French military and pro-German politicians like Pierre Laval. The trial was such an embarrassment to the Vichy regime that the Germans ordered it called off.

 

Another Zionist Cheats The Death Camps

The Germans sent Blum to Buchenwald, and then Dachau for execution. Blum was rescued by Allied troops in May 1945. While in prison he wrote his best known work, the essay À l'échelle Humaine ("For all mankind").

Blum's brother, René Blum, was gassed in Auschwitz.

 

He Is Famous For This Quote

"I have never discerned what there is about incest which is really repulsive. I merely note that it is natural and frequent for sister and brother to be lovers." - Leon Blum, Prime Minister of France, Du Mariage.