Vichy antijewish laws: the status of Jews (1940-1944)

From autumn 1940 onwards, without explicit German requirement, the Vichy regime promulgated its own exclusion laws. The first "status of Jews", on 3 October 1940, legally defined the Jew and excluded them from public office, the military, the press and education; a second status, in June 1941, intensified the ban and ordered the census then the "aryanization" of property. A General Commission on Jewish Questions was instituted to implement this policy. Distinct from German Nuremberg laws but convergent with them, this state antisemitic legislation materially and administratively prepared the roundups and deportation. This theme examines the genesis of these laws, their effects on daily life and the historiographical debate on the proper responsibility of the French State.

Források és erőforrások

• L'État contre les Juifs. Vichy, les nazis et la persécution antisémite — Laurent Joly, 2018
• La France de Vichy, 1940-1944 — Robert O. Paxton, 1973
• Mémoire Juive & Éducation — Dominique Natanson ↗