But after emancipation, a sense of a unified French Jewry emerged, especially when France was wracked by the Dreyfus affair in the 1890s. In the 1920s and 1930s, Ashkenazi Jews from Europe arrived in large numbers as refugees from antisemitism, the Russian revolution, and the economic turmoil of the Great Depression. By the 1930s, Paris had a vibrant Yiddish culture, and many Jews were involved in diverse political movements. After the Vichy years and the Holocaust, the French Jewish population was augmented once again, first by Ashkenazi refugees from Central Europe, and later by Sephardi immigrants and refugees from North Africa, many of them francophone. COUNT 4
QSN1 When did the Dreyfus affair occur? ANS1 1890s QSN2 In what years did large numbers of Jews arrive in France? ANS2 the 1920s and 1930s QSN3 What three factors led to large numbers of Jews moving to France? ANS3 antisemitism, the Russian revolution, and the economic turmoil of the Great Depression QSN4 By the 1930s, Paris was noted for which two things related to Jews? ANS4 a vibrant Yiddish culture, and many Jews were involved in diverse political movements