On July 31, 1914, Jean Jaurès was assassinated at the restaurant “Le Croissant” Raoul Villain spent the entire period of the First World War in prison. On March 29, 1919, Villain, the assassin of Jaurés, is acquitted.
The trial took place in a context of deep patriotism. Men from all sides praise its merits, underlines the newspaper Le Figaro. Where do we go from here? No one speaks the name of the accused anymore.