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Auteur(s) : Seibel, Wolfgang (1953-....)
Titre(s) : Persecution and Rescue [Texte imprimé] : the politics of the "Final Solution" in France, 1940-1944 / Wolfgang Seibel ; translated by Ciaran Cronin
Traduction de : Macht und Moral
Publication : Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
Description matérielle : xx, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction: Power, Power Sharing, and Mass Crimes ; Part I: Power-Sharing Occupation
Administration and Persecution of the Jews ; German Occupation and the Persecution
of the Jews in Western Europe, 1940-1944 ; The German Occupation Administration in
France after the Armistice of 22 June 1940 ; The French Government and Administration
and the "Collaboration" ; Establishing a Machinery of Persecution ; Part II: The
SS as Political Actor ; The SS in the Power Struggle with the Wehrmacht Administration,
1941-1942 ; Sectoral Balance of Power and State Collaboration in the Persecution
of the Jews : the Oberg-Bousquet Agreement of August 1942 ; Part III: Erosion of
Power and the Emergence of Resistance ; The Protest of the Christian Churches and
the Suspension of Eichmann's Deportation Plan ; Another Attempt : the Project of
a Denaturalization Law ; Italy's Stance and Its Repercussions for the Persecution
Measures against the Jews in France ; Part IV: Strategic Occupation Policy and the
"Final Solution to the Jewish Question" ; Safeguarding the Collaboration at the Expense
of the "Final Solution" ; The Failure of the Denaturalization Law ; "Wild" Persecution
of Jews ; Conclusion: Negotiated Mass Crime and the Power of Morality ; Short Biographies
of the Key Actors.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-411) and index
Translated from the German.
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 extent of its collaboration, which the Germans needed
in order to hold France. Drawing on German and French sources, Wolfgang Seibel traces
the twisted process of political decision-making that shaped the fate of the Jews
in German-occupied France during World War II. By analyzing the German-French negotiations,
he reveals the underlying logic as well as the actual course of the bargaining process
as both the Vichy Regime and the Germans sought a stable relationship. Yet that relationship
was continually reshaped by the progress of the war, Germany's deteriorating prospects,
France's economic and geopolitical position, and the Vichy government's quest for
domestic political support. The Jews' suffering intensified when the Germans had the
upper hand; but when the French felt empowered, the Vichy Regime stopped collaborating
in the completion of the "final solution." This book demonstrates the ways in which
political circumstances can mitigate-or foster-mass crime
Sujet(s) : Shoah -- France
Juifs -- Persécutions -- France -- 1900-1945
France -- 1940-1945 (Occupation allemande)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780472118601 (hardcover) (acid-free paper). - ISBN 0472118609 (hardcover) (acid-free
paper). - ISBN 9780472121625 (erroné) (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb450869431
Notice n° :
FRBNF45086943
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)