Persecution and Rescue: The Politics of the "Final Solution" in France, 1940-1944

by Wolfgang Seibel

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472118609
• ISBN13: 9780472118601
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 9.1"