Language:
French
Year of publication:
2011
Titel der Quelle:
Annales du Midi; revue de la France méridionale
Angaben zur Quelle:
274 (2011) 271-288
Keywords:
Jewish property
;
Jews
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jews
;
Hérault (France)
;
Montpellier (France)
Abstract:
Provides a detailed account of the exclusion of Jews from the economy of Hérault during the Shoah. In 1939 the region's two largest cities, Montepellier and Béziers, had 300 and 150 Jews respectively. In 1940 their number tripled or quadrupled, with the influx of French and foreign refugees. Between 1941-43 over 200 Jewish businesses in 26 different fields were earmarked for despoilment. The despoiled properties were managed by 43 temporary administrators. Estimates that half of the businesses were indeed sold or liquidated; views this as an indication of the efficiency of Vichy's antisemitic policy, carried out by the CGQJ. The Commissariat's zealousness did, however, clash with the more relaxed attitude of local authorities, which prevented many liquidations. The likewise zealous Aryanization of professional life was countered, exceptionally, by certain faculties at Montpellier University. Despite a strict numerus clausus, Jewish students were allowed to continue their studies and some were protected by their teachers when their lives were in jeopardy. Pp. 283-288 list names of Jewish families residing in Montpellier in 1940, and of victims of despoilment there between 1941-43.
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