Title The burden of conscience : French Jewish leadership during the Holocaust / Richard I. Cohen

Published Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©1987

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 237 pages) : illustrations Series The Modern Jewish experience Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.) Summary Gives a short survey of French antisemitism and French Jewry before 1939, emphasizing the rift between the immigrant and native Jewish communities. The outbreak of war brought unity but, with the fall of France, many native Jews hoped to fit into the new order (in both the north and the south) while immigrants were stripped of all protection. Describes German efforts to set up a central Jewish representative body, and competition with Vichy's Commissariat General aux Questions Juives for control of the Jews in both zones. Examines the debates on the formation of the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) which institutionalized the separation of Jews on a racial basis. Surveys the activities of the UGIF and their relations with the French authorities. Contends that their welfare activities, including the administration of the deportation center at Drancy, assisted the Germans in the destruction of French Jewry. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Analysis France Ethnic relations Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) France Jews France Politics and government Jews Persecutions France Union générale des israélites de France Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Union générale des israélites de France. SUBJECT Union générale des israélites de France fast Union générale des israélites de France. nli Subject Jews -- Persecutions -- France Jews -- France -- Politics and government Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- France HISTORY -- Military -- World War II. Ethnic relations Jews -- Persecutions Jews -- Politics and government Joden. Leiderschap. Union Générale des Israélites de France. Vichy-bewind. Holocaust. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- France. Jews -- France -- Politics and government. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Public opinion. SUBJECT France -- Ethnic relations Subject France Form Electronic book LC no. 85045991 ISBN 0585265747 9780585265742

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