Verdict on Vichy: Power and Prejudice in the Vichy France Regime

Curtis, Michael

ISBN 10: 1559706899 / ISBN 13: 9781559706896

Published by Arcade Pub, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2003

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419pp/illus. examine the degree to which ministers and officials of the Vichy regime, the legal and administrative system, the Church, and individuals in different walks of life collaborated with Nazi Germany which occupied part of and then all of France between 1940 and 1944. Clean. Seller Inventory # 006194

Bibliographic Details

Title: Verdict on Vichy: Power and Prejudice in the...

Publisher: Arcade Pub, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Printing

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Synopsis:

Seeks to document the events that happened during the World War II Nazi occupation of France, investigating the collaboration of French forces with the Vichy regime, the circumstances that contributed to the persecution of the nation's Jewish population, and the history of anti-Semitic activities in France. 12,500 first printing.

Review:

Michael has been over in London this week. He did an excellent lecture at London School of Economics on 13 November. While he was here he was interviewedon EUROPE TODAY (BBC World Service) and BBC RADIO JERSEY. We have reviews coming in the GUARDIAN, JEWISH CHRONICLE, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES and JEWISHQUARTERLY. 'an enlightening discussion on Papon's career'Michael Burleigh, LITERARY REVIEW 'Curtis's comprehensive study'Frederic Raphael, THE SUNDAY TIMES "A sustained indictment of French institutions and of much of the French public for abetting Nazi genocide." Richard Overy, THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH "Nothing in history has so deserved moral outrage as the Holocaust, and it is neither surprising nor improper for individuals such as Curtis to feel such outrage." THE HERALD "In his well-researched book, the American Academic Michael Cur