Did anybody blame the Paris Commune of 1871 on the Jews?

by appealtoreason00

I'm writing a dissertation on responses to the Paris Commune of 1871, and noted the way that its opponents exaggerated the role of the Internationale and tried to present the Commune as the work of a small, shadowy cabal of international terrorists. This struck me as very similar to later antisemitic conspiracies and also the antisemitic rhetoric of both the left and right in 19th century France, though I have not yet seen any historians make the same connection. Frankly, given the prevalence of rumour and conspiracy during this period and the ambient antisemitism that existed in France during this period (even before the Dreyfus Affair), I'm a little surprised not to have found anything.

Am I missing something, do we have any historical accounts that blamed the events of the Annee Terrible on the Jews from either the Communard or the Versaillais side?

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