The purge
Surveys the mass purges of French collaborators at the end of World War II, based on the records of the Free French forces, the courts, and other archives. The purges by the Resistance began even before the liberation and included collaborators at all levels. Members of the fascist Milice and Vichy's Commissariat General aux Questions Juives were charged with national disgrace. Many defendants were accused of denouncing and hunting down Jews. However, some collaborators who played an important …
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- Full title :The purge / Herbert R. Lottman.
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Surveys the mass purges of French collaborators at the end of World War II, based on the records of the Free French forces, the courts, and other archives. The purges by the Resistance began even before the liberation and included collaborators at all levels. Members of the fascist Milice and Vichy's Commissariat General aux Questions Juives were charged with national disgrace. Many defendants were accused of denouncing and hunting down Jews. However, some collaborators who played an important role in the roundup and deportation of the French Jews remained immune until the recent activities of Serge Klarsfeld, but none of these have as yet been seriously punished.
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- Publication Date:©1986.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Morrow
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1986.
The Physical Object
- Description:332 pages ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0688049400, 9780688049409
- oclc:ocm13159040
- LC Classification:D802.F8
- Dewey Decimal:940.53/44
Table of Contents
Resistance justice -- The battle for France -- The clandestine planners -- Algiers -- The first trials -- Taking over -- Swift punishment -- Paris -- France takes charge -- Attitudes -- Capital of the resistance -- Punishment in Lyon -- Around Annency -- Justice before the railroads -- The Paris trials -- Justice and charity -- The Lyon trials -- Problem solving -- Courts and chambers -- The high court -- The politicians -- Administrations: at the top -- Administrations: at the base -- Engineers and contractors -- The Renault Affair -- Ideas in print -- Writers and artists I -- Writers and artists II -- The stars.
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