Abraham Schrameck

Abraham Schrameck (26 November 1867 – 19 October 1948) was a French-Jewish politician, senator, Minister of the Interior, and colonial governor of French Madagascar.

Early life Schrameck was born to a family of Jewish merchants on 26 November 1867.

Interior minister In 1925, amid clashes between monarchists and communists, Schrameck ordered the prohibition of May Day and the Joan of Arc parade. The monarchists, led by the Action Française movement, ignored his order and continued to hold celebrations.

During his career, he was subject to antisemitic harassment from the far-right, including Charles Maurras and Action Francaise.

Personal life Abraham Schrameck married Marguerite Odile Bernheim (1872–1945) on 18 April 1895. The couple had three children, a daughter Anne-Marcelle and two sons, Etienne (1897-1919) and Georges Emile (1898-1935). Anne-Marcelle Kahn was the first, and for 50 years the only woman to graduate as an engineer from l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne. She went on to marry Louis-Lazare Kahn (1895–1967), known as Admiral Louis Kahn, the first French Jewish Admiral.

Books

Code pénitentiaire : recueil des actes et documents officiels intéressant les services et les établissements pénitentiaires Inauguration du monument élevé à la mémoire du général Galliéni à Tamatave, le 4 octobre 1918 : discours