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Flandin, Once Defender of Jews, Makes Anti-semitic Statement

November 19, 1940
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Former Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin has stated in an interview in Dijon, occupied France that “Jewish-Masonic domination of Europe” was “the secret aim” of forces which sought to create armed conflict since 1936, it was reported here today. From 1933 to 1938 Flandin was honorary president of the Committee to Defend the Rights of Jewish Populations of Central and Eastern Europe and participated actively in combating anti-Jewish persecution in Germany, Poland and Rumania.

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