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PETAIN'S JEWISH CHILDREN
FRENCH JEWISH YOUTH AND THE VICHY REGIME, 1940-1942 |
| By: |
Daniel Lee |
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Hardback |
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£135.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198707150 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198707158 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 June, 2014 |
| Series: |
Oxford Historical Monographs |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
A study of the nature of the relationship between the Vichy regime and its Jewish citizens, particularly of its youth, in the period 1940 to 1942. |
| Synopsis: |
Petain's Jewish Children examines the nature of the relationship between the Vichy regime and its Jewish citizens in the period 1940 to 1942. Previous studies have generally viewed the experiences of French Jewry during the Second World War through the lenses of persecution, resistance, or rescue; an approach which has had the unintended effect of stripping Jewish actors of their agency. This volume, however, draws attention to the specific category of French Jewish youth which reveals significant exceptions to Vichy's antisemitic policies, wherein the regime's desire for a reinvigorated youth and the rebirth of the nation took precedence over its racial laws. While Jews were becoming marginalised from the civil service and liberal professions, the New Order did not seek to exclude young French Jews from participating in a series of youth projects that aimed to rebuild France in the aftermath of its defeat to Germany. For example, the Jewish scouts' emphasis on manual work and a return to |
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22 black and white halftones and 3 maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
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