Vichy France and the Jews / Michael R. Marrus and Robert O. Paxton.

Translation of: Vichy et les juifs.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

First steps -- The roots of Vichy antisemitism. Traditional images of the Jews -- Second wave : the crises of the 1930s and the revival of antisemitism -- The reach of antisemitism : how influential was it? -- The administrative response -- The refugee crisis, 1938-41 -- The strategy of Xavier Vallat, 1941-42. The beginnings of German pressure -- Vichy defines the Jewish issue, 1941 -- Vallat : an activist at work -- The emigration deadlock -- Vallat's fall -- The system at work, 1940-42. The CGQJ and other state agencies : rivalries and border disputes -- Business as usual -- Aryanization -- Emigration -- The camps -- Public opinion, 1940-42. The climax of popular antisemitism -- The distribution of popular antisemitism -- A special case : Algeria -- The churches and the Jews -- The opposition -- An indifferent majority -- The turning point : summer 1942. New men, new measures -- The final solution -- Laval and the final solution -- The effort to segregate : the Jewish star -- Preparing the deportation -- The Vel d'Hiv roundup -- Drancy -- Roundups in the unoccupied zone -- The massacre of the innocents -- The turn in public opinion -- The Darquier period, 1942-44 -- Darquier's CGQJ and its place in the regime -- Darquier's CGQJ in action -- Total occupation and the resumption of deportations -- Vichy, the Abbé Catry, and the Massada Zionists -- The Italian interlude -- Denaturalization, August 1943 : Laval's refusal -- Last days -- Conclusions : the Holocaust in France. What did Vichy know about the final solution? -- A comparative view --Principal occupation authorities dealing with Jews, 1940-44 (chart).