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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Page 88
... Darlan . The fourteen months of Darlan's leadership form the most revealing period for making a judgement on Vichy's voluntary identification with Nazi policies . The time of hasty decisions following the panic of defeat had passed ...
... Darlan . The fourteen months of Darlan's leadership form the most revealing period for making a judgement on Vichy's voluntary identification with Nazi policies . The time of hasty decisions following the panic of defeat had passed ...
Page 89
... Darlan . At one time he was also Minister of Foreign Affairs , Information , Interior and Defence , holding more offices at any one time than any personality in the four years of Vichy , with the exception of the Head of State . As ...
... Darlan . At one time he was also Minister of Foreign Affairs , Information , Interior and Defence , holding more offices at any one time than any personality in the four years of Vichy , with the exception of the Head of State . As ...
Page 93
... Darlan was tempted by a military agreement with Hitler and placed his hopes in approaches made to Berlin by the German Ambassador , Otto Abetz . On 5 January 1942 , Abetz went to see Hitler and returned to Paris with the news that ...
... Darlan was tempted by a military agreement with Hitler and placed his hopes in approaches made to Berlin by the German Ambassador , Otto Abetz . On 5 January 1942 , Abetz went to see Hitler and returned to Paris with the news that ...
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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