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Jules Molle

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Jules Molle

Jules Molle (16 February 1868, Aubenas - 8 January 1931) was a Fascist French Algerian politician.[1] He was the founder of the Unions latines political party, the mayor of Oran and the publisher of an Anti-Jewish newspaper, Le Petit Oranais, which ran for years with a swastika on its front and openly called for violence and persecution against Algerian Jews. His victory in the 1921 mayoral election was followed by street violence against Jews.[2][3] After he was arrested in the year 1925 on charges of incitement to violence, pro-Molle rioters attacked and pillaged the Jewish quarter in Oran. By the time army forces had quelled the violence, two Jews had been killed and fifty wounded. Molle died from a heart failure in 1931.[4]

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  1. ^ "Jules MOLLE". Assemblée Nationale (in French). Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Algerian Antisemitic Paper Continues Furious Anti-jewish Campaign After Death of Its Founder-editor". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. JTA. 17 January 1931. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ Roberts, Sophie. "Citizenship and Antisemitism in Colonial Algeria 1870-1962". Google Scholar. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Antisemitic Leader in Algeria Dies Suddenly of Heart Failure". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2022-09-25.