Operation yellow star / by Maurice Rajsfus ; translated by Phyllis Aronoff and Mike Mitchell ; Black Thursday : the roundup of July 16, 1942 / translated by Phyllis Aronoff.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DS135.F83 R35713 2017 c. 1

Overview

Summary: A two-part book in which French investigative journalist Maurice Rajsfus, who survived the 1942 "Black Thursday" roundup at Vel d'Hiv of 13,000 Jews, recollects events that day and uses meticulous research of police archives to make a damning inquiry of Vichy/police collaboration, examining the implementation of the Yellow Star, France's culpability in the Holocaust, and the influence of right-wing media.
Uniform Title: Opération étoile jaune. English
Other Title: Jeudi noir. English.
Variant Title: Two books by Maurice Rajsfus
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Rajsfus, Maurice, 1928-2020, author.
Published: Los Angeles : DoppelHouse Press, [2017]
Locale: France
Other Authors/Editors: Rajsfus, Maurice, 1928-2020.
Aronoff, Phyllis, 1945- translator.
Mitchell, Mike (Translator), translator.
Notes: Translation from French of: Opération étoile jaune and Jeudi noir.

Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Jews--Persecutions--France. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France. France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. France--Ethnic relations. Ethnic relations. Rajsfus, Maurice,--1928-2020.

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