Pétain's Crime: The Full Story of French Collaboration in the HolocaustArgues that Pétain's government was in no way a Nazi puppet, but pursued its own independent policy, rooted in French conservative anti-republican antisemitism (beginning from the period of the Action Française). Shows that the main Nazi actions (e.g. "the great roundup" of July 1942 in Paris), and many others, could not have been accomplished without the collaboration of the French police. Deals also with Natzweiler-Struthof, the only extermination camp in France; postwar trials against collaborators and Nazi war criminals, especially Klaus Barbie; and contrasts Vichy activities with the humanistic stance of the Italian occupation authorities in France. |
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... Bordeaux region , and took part in a ceremony in which senior administrators renewed their oath to Pétain . In 1989 , he was formally charged with Crimes against Humanity in connection with the deportation of Jews . There was little to ...
... Bordeaux region , and took part in a ceremony in which senior administrators renewed their oath to Pétain . In 1989 , he was formally charged with Crimes against Humanity in connection with the deportation of Jews . There was little to ...
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... Bordeaux , but the central case surrounding accusations of Crimes against Humanity involved 444 Jews transported to Drancy from Bordeaux on 27 August 1942. Among them were 140 adults and 57 children with French nationality , although ...
... Bordeaux , but the central case surrounding accusations of Crimes against Humanity involved 444 Jews transported to Drancy from Bordeaux on 27 August 1942. Among them were 140 adults and 57 children with French nationality , although ...
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... Bordeaux . A Gestapo rafle on 20 December 1943 ended with 108 arrests . Among them were seventy - nine French citizens , but the total was barely a fifth of the target . On 10 January 1944 , it was decided to ask for French help to ...
... Bordeaux . A Gestapo rafle on 20 December 1943 ended with 108 arrests . Among them were seventy - nine French citizens , but the total was barely a fifth of the target . On 10 January 1944 , it was decided to ask for French help to ...
Contents
La Douce France | 1 |
The Origins of Hate | 11 |
A Republic Dies | 24 |
Copyright | |
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Pétain's Crime: The Full Story of French Collaboration in the Holocaust Paul Webster No preview available - 1991 |
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