Victor Basch

Born in Budapest in 1863, Victor Basch emigrated with his family to France as a child, and later studied at the Sorbonne.

"[1] However, biographer Françoise Basch underscores that her grandfather identified with his family history and the suffering of persecuted Jews, and not with Judaism as a religion.

As both a member of the League against Imperialism created in Brussels in 1927, and as President of the Ligue des Droits de l'Homme from 1926–1944, Basch was one of the architects of the Popular Front.

On 10 January 1944, Victor Basch and his wife, Ilona Basch (née Helene Furth) aged 81, were taken from their home in Lyon and assassinated by Joseph Lecussan and Henri Gonnet of the antisemitic Vichy French Milice Française under orders of the regional chief Paul Touvier.

His published works include an important study: He also contributed frequently to the "Siècle" and the "Grande Revue" of Paris.