Hit by the recession in the early 1930s, the French government’s economic measures to deal with financial crisis caused nationwide wage cuts, leading to a series of riots in Paris, Brest and Toulon in early August 1935. In this photo taken in Toulon, the southern port, shop windows on the street are all broken by protesters. The shortest one among the young men may not even be a teenager. No chance to go to school or work, he enjoys doing anything with his elder friends. Still pondering if he should grab something from the shop, he is already content with his own courage to smash the window.
1930 年代初法國深受經濟衰退打擊，政府處理金融危機的措施卻帶來全國性大幅減薪，導致 1935 年 8 月初在巴黎、布雷斯特及土倫的大規模示威衝突。 本圖攝於土倫，可見街上的窗戶全被示威者打破。前面一群年輕人中最矮小的一位還不及十幾歲，沒有工作和上學機會，最愛跟較年長的朋友一起，幹什 麼都好 ;此刻他不但為自己大膽打破窗戶而興奮，還在想要不在店裡搶一件甚麼東西 。