Treatment of Jews in World war 2 in France?

Question

Could someone tell me some useful websites, or some information about how Jews were treated in France in World war 2?
I'm doing my french coursework about it and i'm finding it hard finding some sources.

Answer 1

hope this helps

Answer 2

Mostly, France couldn't wait to get rid of the Jews. There's a lot of well researched material on this topic.

Here's a strong statement by Michael R. Marrus and Robert O. Paxton from Vichy France and The Jews:
" . . . what the Vichy government did in the Holocaust went beyond and even rivaled what Germany did" http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/histreview/vol6/higgins.html

"The complicity of the French police in nearly all antisemitic actions both in the Occupied and Unoccupied Zones added greatly to the ability of non-Jewish French citizens to accept such measures. " see Anne Higgins in above book review.
" The internment camps were one of the most shameful creations in France, which existed even before the German invasion in 1940. " ibid
" While a high percentage (some 76 percent) of France's Jews survived the Holocaust, the Vichy government often anticipated Nazi orders for deportation and surpassed the German desire for restrictions against Jews. The antisemitism displayed toward the substantial foreign-born Jewish population was more virulent than the treatment of native Jews--between 41 and 45 percent of the foreign community perished." http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=8831890943328

Acc. to Vicki Caron in Uneasy Asylum, France and the Jewish Refugee Crisis, 1933-1942:
" . . . by the end of the 1930s Jewish refugees were perceived by many French citizens to be an especially undesirable group of foreigners.
" After the Nazis defeated France in June 1940, the country was divided into two primary zones. A new French government came to power and established itself in the spa town of Vichy. It was headed by Marshal Henri Philippe Ptain, a French World War I hero then in his 80s. In July 1940, the French parliament voted Ptain full powers, and the constitution of the Third Republic was abrogated. Within the first weeks of its existence, Ptain's Vichy regime enacted a series of anti-Jewish measures that reflected longstanding demands of the French right.
"After the war, the French sought to distance themselves from the Vichy past, asserting that the anti-Jewish measures had been imposed by the Nazis and that only a few anti-Semitic zealots in the administration had supported the anti-Jewish program. Caron presents overwhelming evidence to the contrary." http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/May99/Caron.French.Jews.html

Good luck with your coursework.

Answer 3

They were treated no differently by the French than anywhere else that came under the control of the Nazis.
I'd suggest searching out any information on the Holocaust itslef rather than trying to concentrate on just "Jews and the French". I suspect you'll find all the information you'll need if you keep the search broad.

Answer 4

http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/33d/projects/france/JewsInFrance.htm

Answer 5

http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-1236.html

http://www.questia.com/library/religion/judaism/jewish-history/jews-in-france.jsp?CRID=jews_in_france&OFFID=se1&KEY=jews_in_france

http://www.info-france-usa.org/news/statmnts/2001/civs2.asp