Gaston Crémieux (born Isaac Louis Gaston, 22 June 1836,

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; died 30 November 1871,

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) was a lawyer, a journalist and a French writer. He distinguished himself by defending poor people, supporting Gambetta and

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. He led the League of the South (''Ligue du midi'') with Esquiros and

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. He was friends with Adolphe Joseph Carcassonne. In 1871, he became head of the Marseille's Commune. This democratic uprising (in conjunction with the

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) repressed in the blood by General Espivent, Gaston Cremieux was sentenced to death by a military court and died at thirty-five years, mercy having been refused by Thiers and the commission with which he was surrounded. He was celebrated by

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, and

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Sources

* His posthumous works : Gaston Cremieux, Paris E. Dentu. 1879, p. 1
here
* Marseille's commune story on line a

by Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray {{DEFAULTSORT:Cremieux, Gaston 1836 births 1871 deaths French activists People of the Paris Commune Freemasonry 19th-century French Jews French poets Aix-Marseille University alumni French male poets 19th-century poets 19th-century male writers People from Nîmes