Twice in the fitful life of the Third Republic, Paris was convulsed by a criminal scandal with a Jew at its heart that split public opinion and sent crackles of disquiet through Europe. The first of ...

assassination in Paris of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by the 17-year-old German-born Polish Jew Herschel Grynszpan living in the French capital. Countless Jewish homes, hospitals and schools ...