The Burden of Conscience: French Jewish Leadership During the Holocaust
- ISBN-10
- 0253312639
- ISBN-13
- 9780253312631
- Category
- History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
- Pages
- 237
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press
- Author
- Richard I. Cohen
Description
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.
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