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Persecution and rescue : the politics of the "Final Solution" in France, 1940-1944 / Wolfgang Seibel. Translated by Ciaran Cronin

Seibel, Wolfgang, 1953- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Cronin, Ciaran, 1961- [Übersetzung]

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]

xx, 417 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karte

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Rezensiert in: Rezension von Wolfgang Seibel: Persecution and Rescue. The Politics of the »Final Solution« in France 1940–1944. Translated by Ciaran Cronin / Joly, Laurent

Rezensiert in: Persecution and Rescue: The Politics of the “Final Solution” in France, 1940-1944Wolfgang Seibel / Robert O. Paxton, 2017

978-0-472-11860-1 (hardcover : acid-free paper); 0-472-11860-9 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

978-0-472-12162-5 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2015050584

OCoLC: 955211024 (aus SWB)     

DS135.F83

*Frankreich ; Judenverfolgung ; Geschichte 1940-1944     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Jews -- Persecutions -- History -- 20th century -- France ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- France ; HISTORY / Military / World War II ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism ; HISTORY / Holocaust ; Jews -- Persecutions ; Politics and government ; France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 ; France -- Politics and government -- 1940-1945 -- France -- History

In 1942, two years after invading France, the Germans implemented their policy of exterminating the Jews. In contrast to Jews in many parts of German-occupied Europe, however, the majority of Jews in France survived, thanks to opposition to the Nazi extermination policy from Church dignitaries and the moral indignation of the average Frenchmen. Seeking to maintain popular support, the Vichy Regime bargained with the Germans over the substance and extent of its collaboration, which the Germans needed in order to hold France. Drawing on German and French sources, Wolfgang Seibel traces the twisted process of political decision-making that shaped the fate of the Jews in German-occupied France during World War II. By analyzing the German-French negotiations, he reveals the underlying logic as well as the actual course of the bargaining process as both the Vichy Regime and the Germans sought a stable relationship. Yet that relationship was continually reshaped by the progress of the war, Germany's deteriorating prospects, France's economic and geopolitical position, and the Vichy government's quest for domestic political support. The Jews' suffering intensified when the Germans had the upper hand; but when the French felt empowered, the Vichy Regime stopped collaborating in the completion of the "final solution." This book demonstrates the ways in which political circumstances can mitigate-or foster-mass crime