The Shoah (1939–1945)
Statute of the Jews of Vichy
3 oct. 1940·France
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The first statute excludes Jews from public office, teaching, press and cinema; the law of October 4 authorizes the internment of foreign Jews.
The Jewish statute of October 3, 1940, issued by Vichy without any German request, defined who was Jewish by descent and excluded those concerned from the civil service, teaching, the judiciary, the military, the press, radio, and cinema. The law of October 4 authorized prefects to intern foreign Jews in camps or to place them under house arrest.
Within a few weeks, civil servants, teachers, officers, and journalists ceased to exist administratively; foreigners who had taken refuge in France to flee the Reich were imprisoned at Gurs, Rivesaltes, and Les Milles. The statute would be tightened the following year, and together with the records it enabled to be compiled, it would furnish the instrument of the roundups.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- France
Journal officiel de l'État français ; archives du Commissariat général aux questions juives.