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

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.

List of contents

• List of Illustrations


• List of Abbreviations


• Introduction


• 1: French Jewry on the eve of Vichy


• 2: The Jewish Question and the National Revolution


• 3: Jewish Youth Movements' Responses to Vichy


• 4: The Interface between Vichy and Jewish Youth: Jews in State Sponsored Youth Schemes


• 5: Lautrec : The EIF's Return to the Land Project


• 6: Lautrec, the Local Community and the Administration


• 7: Jewish Participation in the Chantiers de la Jeunesse


• Conclusion


• Bibliography

About the author

Daniel Lee completed his graduate studies at St Hugh's College, University of Oxford. He has held research fellowships at the Institute of Historical Research (London) and at Yad Vashem Institute for Historical Research (Jerusalem). He completed the manuscript for this book in Florence where he was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute. In his current position, Lee is investigating the experiences of Tunisian Jewish women during the Second World War.

Summary

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.

Additional text

Marceau's activities in the Resistance included using mime to teach the Jewish children he was smuggling out of France how to communicate silently.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Lee, Daniel (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow Lee
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.06.2014
• EAN: 9780198707158
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870715-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, History of Religion, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General