Language:
French
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Vichy, les Français et la Shoah; un état de la connaissance scientifique
Angaben zur Quelle:
212 (2020) 185-214
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Public opinion
;
French Attitudes 20th century
;
History
;
Antisemitism History 20th century
Abstract:
The vast historical record on the complex attitudes of the French population regarding Jewish persecution during the Second World War is rarely explored. Since the end of the war, the sensitivity of the subject has blurred the lines between memory and historiography. Depending on the period in question, the topic has been either obscured or overly simplified, leading to a value judgment. Tracing this two-fold development makes it possible to set aside the heavy burden of memory and go beyond the contradictory visions of France as either an anti-Semitic society or one that would have “saved” the Jews—all while adhering to the chronology of the French occupation and accounting for its evolving nature.
Note:
With an English abstract.
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