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The Stavisky affair was a financial scandal in France in 1934, involving embezzler Alexandre Stavisky. The scandal had political ramifications for the Radical-Socialist government after it was revealed that Prime Minister Camille Chautemps had protected Stavisky, who died suddenly in mysterious circumstances.
Stavisky affair, French financial scandal of 1933 that, by triggering right-wing agitation, resulted in a major crisis in the history of the Third Republic (1870–1940). The scandal came to light in December 1933 when the bonds of a credit organization in Bayonne, founded by the financier Alexandre.
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Cause of death. Suicide by gunshot. Resting place. Père Lachaise Cemetery. Nationality. French. Occupation. Financier. Serge Alexandre Stavisky (20 November 1886 – 8 January 1934) was a French financier and embezzler whose actions created a political scandal that became known as the Stavisky Affair.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. In 1934 a resounding scandal shook the already-contested regime of interwar France, the ThirdRepublic, toitsfoundations. The Stavisky affair combined the financial scams of a swindler and his accomplices, the weaknesses and susceptibilities of government regulators and elected representatives, the perversion of a free press, and a ...
The Stavisky Scandal. March 1934 Issue. THE American reader must realize that the Stavisky Scandal involves matters of much deeper consequence than its surface facts reveal. Incredible as it...
The Stavisky Affair and the Riots of February 6th 1934 Geoffrey Warner describes a politically polarising event which would later influence the formation of French fascism and the Vichy state. Geoffrey Warner | Published in History Today Volume 8 Issue 6 June 1958
Stavisky Affair stävēskēˈ , financial and political scandal that shook France in 1934. Serge Alexandre Stavisky, a swindler associated with the municipal pawnshop of Bayonne, sold huge quantities of worthless bonds. Despite a shady past he had connections with many persons in responsible positions.
