L'humeur vagabonde (6/9)In May of 1945, Leon Blum had just returned from captivity. He had been held just outside Buchenwald since 1943, after three years of confinement in France and his trial in Riom. There he had married Jeanne Reichenbach who had joined him, determined to share the destiny of the man she had loved for years. The ex-president of the Council of the Popular Front was then 78 years old. Jeanne was 45. It was the the third marriage for both of them.
These five years of prison could not defeat this old socialist. His trial, where he defended himself, became an indictment of his accusers. Worn out physically, he never gave up the struggle, the resistance, writing, nor love. Dominique Missika re-counts this latter battle in her fascinating book, filled with documents and unpublished testimonials.
