Sept. 1940
Sept. 1940
1st status of Jews
Oct. 3 - 40
The "Green Ticket" raid
May 14- 41
June 2- 41
2° status of Jews
June 1941
June 1941
The law of June 2, 1941 aggravated the law of October 3, 1940 and instituted the second status of Jews, forbidding them access to universities and the exercise of many professions. Jews of French nationality did not escapeadministrative internment. The law is also applicable in Algeria and the French overseas territories. With this same law […]
On September 27, 1940, the Germans ordered a census of French and foreign Jews. A file was drawn up by the Prefecture of Police for the Paris region. The law of October 3, 1940 “on the status of the Jews ” defines the “Jewish race”, according to the Vichy regime, and lists the professions forbidden […]
The intervention of the reconstituted underground Communist Party was first and foremost in the social arena, through the supervision of solidarity operations. Very quickly, in October 1940, the PCF leadership set upSpecial Organization (SO) groups, initially made up of seasoned militants, responsible for protecting leaders during speeches. Immigrant Jews also took part in these groups. […]
On March 29, 1941, the Vichy government created a General Commissariat for Jewish Questions. Its aim was to implement a policy of persecuting Jews in France. Louis Darquier de Pellepoix took over from Xavier Vallat. The German order of April 26, 1941 allowed Jewish businesses to be sold to Aryans. Aryanization led to total spoliation […]
