Our series “These gangs who terrorized Paris”
Series produced in collaboration with Retronews, the press site of the National Library of France.
Golden Helmet, at the heart of a war between two Apache leaders
Médéric Chanut, the Apache tattoo artist
A jury of Apaches in the heart of Paris
The scammers, or the pickpockets of the time
(Friday August 12)
“Apache in petticoats” and “triumphant feminism”
(Friday August 19)
Tragic epilogue of Apache community justice.
So baptized by the press, these bands of young people scoured the neighborhoods of Paris during the Belle Époque.
At the beginning of the 20th century in the nascent industrial era, they have nothing to envy to their descendants, are already pounding the pavement and frightening public opinion.
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