Petain's Jewish Children: French Jewish Youth and the Vichy Regime, 1940-1942

by Daniel Lee

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198707150
• ISBN13: 9780198707158
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.7"