Language:
French
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
Vingtième Siècle; revue d'histoire
Angaben zur Quelle:
84 (2004) 5-22
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
Examines four groups discriminated against in French history in regard to the issue of citizenship: the Jews under Vichy, the Muslims of Algeria, French women married to foreigners, and naturalized Frenchmen. Argues that the scars of the discrimination suffered by Jews and Muslims are so deep that these groups feel rejected even today. The Vichy law of 1940, which allowed the cancellation of naturalizations in effect from 1927, and the abrogation of the Crémieux decree the same year, put an end to Jewish equality. Views Vichy's nationality policy as part of its racial policy (the "regeneration" of the nation) and also as shedding light on Vichy's "autonomy" vis-à-vis the Germans. States that the abundant production of Holocaust testimonies in France today is a way of processing a trauma, not an obsession. However, the stubborn belief that important facts about Vichy are being convered up may be a Jewish obsession. Argues that Vichy is not the real object of this obsession, but rather De Gaulle's controversial speech of November 1967. Jews obsess about Vichy because De Gaulle is taboo in France.
Note:
Pp. 12-18: Chez les Juifs, une "névrose traumatique?"
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