Paris 1924 Olympics: the world pickpocketing champions were also there

2023-05-01 21:01:24

But by the way, what was it like, security during the 1924 Olympics which had been obtained by Pierre de Coubertin? If the competition which begins in just over a year will be marked by the risk of attack, cyberattack, disturbance of public order, 100 years ago, the subjects were elsewhere with a smaller audience and the context troubled geopolitics of the interwar period. In partnership with RetroNews, the press site of the BNF, Le Parisien immersed itself in the archives of the newspapers of the time.