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It's the morning of February 7, 1934 in Paris, France.

Sixty-one-year-old socialist politician, Eduardo Aereo, hurries along a busy street in the center of the city.

He holds his head down and tries to keep a low profile,

but that's easier said than done because Aereo is a three-time Prime Minister of France and one of the country's best-known politicians. He's trying to be inconspicuous because last night, a far-right

demonstration descended into battle with police near the French National Assembly.

Now the air still fizzes with tension as the last few demonstrators roam the streets.

A nearby protester throws a rock through a shop window, an Ario can't help looking up.

His momentary lapse proves costly because a young woman recognizes his familiar mustachioed face.

She calls to the group around her, and in seconds they've surrounded him.

Ariel panicked and tries to push through the crowd.

But one of the demonstrators punches the politician and he falls to the ground.

Ariel curls up in a ball as the protesters kick him and then drag him to his feet.

For a moment, Ario thinks they're going to let him go,

but then he hears one of the attackers say they should throw him into the river Sen.

They begin to drag him toward the nearby water,

and Ario wonders if this is how his life will end,

beaten and then drowned by

fascist hooligans. But suddenly, Ario is yanked backwards, out of the gang's clutches. A young

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