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AFP Passers-by reading political posters proclaiming "la patrie en danger" during the anti-parliamentary riots that followed the Stavisky affair. Paris, February 6, 1934. Passers-by reading political posters proclaiming "la patrie en danger" during the anti-parliamentary riots that followed the Stavinsky affair. Paris, February 6, 1934. Silver print on baryta paper, from digital file (black and white lambda print). Dry AFP stamp in lower right margin. Stamp "AFP 5/11/2022 Edition Spéciale N°: 1/1" on verso. Gelatin silver print on baryta paper, from digital file (black and white lambda print). Blind stamp AFP in the lower right margin. Stamp " AFP 5/11/2022 Edition Spéciale N° : 1/1 " on verso. Image : 31 x 46 cm - 12.2 x 18.1 in Paper : 40 x 50 cm - 15 .7 x 19.7 in This movement followed the scandal of the Stavisky affair, a vast fraud case for which the leaders of the Ligues des Croix de feu and veterans' associations had decided to organize a demonstration on the very day Edouard Daladier was to make his ministerial statement to the Chamber. Cries of "A bas les voleurs" ("Down with thieves") led the demonstrators to gather on the Place de la Concorde. The police, overwhelmed and left without instructions by the Prefect of Police, fired on the crowd, killing around twenty and injuring around a hundred. This demonstration was followed on February 12 by a united communist and socialist rally, organized to denounce the fascist threat and seen as a precursor to the Popular Front of June 1936. This movement followed the scandal of the Stavisky affair, a vast affair of fraud for which the leaders of the Leagues of the Crosses de feu and the veterans' associations had decided to organize a demonstration on the very day when Edouard Daladier was to make his ministerial declaration before the Chamber. With cries of "Down with the thieves", the demonstrators gathered at the Place de la Concorde. The police, overwhelmed and left without directives by the prefect of police, shot at the crowd, killing about twenty and injuring a hundred. This demonstration will be followed on February 12 by a communist and socialist unitary rally organized to denounce the fascist threat and considered as a precursor of the Popular Front of June 1936.
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AFP Passers-by reading political posters proclaiming "la patrie en danger" during the anti-parliamentary riots that followed the Stavisky affair. Paris, February 6, 1934. Passers-by reading political posters proclaiming "la patrie en danger" during the anti-parliamentary riots that followed the Stavinsky affair. Paris, February 6, 1934. Silver print on baryta paper, from digital file (black and white lambda print). Dry AFP stamp in lower right margin. Stamp "AFP 5/11/2022 Edition Spéciale N°: 1/1" on verso. Gelatin silver print on baryta paper, from digital file (black and white lambda print). Blind stamp AFP in the lower right margin. Stamp " AFP 5/11/2022 Edition Spéciale N° : 1/1 " on verso. Image : 31 x 46 cm - 12.2 x 18.1 in Paper : 40 x 50 cm - 15 .7 x 19.7 in This movement followed the scandal of the Stavisky affair, a vast fraud case for which the leaders of the Ligues des Croix de feu and veterans' associations had decided to organize a demonstration on the very day Edouard Daladier was to make his ministerial statement to the Chamber. Cries of "A bas les voleurs" ("Down with thieves") led the demonstrators to gather on the Place de la Concorde. The police, overwhelmed and left without instructions by the Prefect of Police, fired on the crowd, killing around twenty and injuring around a hundred. This demonstration was followed on February 12 by a united communist and socialist rally, organized to denounce the fascist threat and seen as a precursor to the Popular Front of June 1936. This movement followed the scandal of the Stavisky affair, a vast affair of fraud for which the leaders of the Leagues of the Crosses de feu and the veterans' associations had decided to organize a demonstration on the very day when Edouard Daladier was to make his ministerial declaration before the Chamber. With cries of "Down with the thieves", the demonstrators gathered at the Place de la Concorde. The police, overwhelmed and left without directives by the prefect of police, shot at the crowd, killing about twenty and injuring a hundred. This demonstration will be followed on February 12 by a communist and socialist unitary rally organized to denounce the fascist threat and considered as a precursor of the Popular Front of June 1936.
