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Before 1934

The Jewish section of the M.O.I.

2.
1934 - 1939

Against Fascism | Outbreak of War

3.
Jan 1940 - Sept 1940

The Occupation | Creation of “Solidarity”

4.
Sept 1940 - June 1941

State Antisemitism | Responses

5.
June - August 1941

Armed resistance

6.
August - Oct 1941

Execution of hostages

7.
Oct - Dec 1941

Persecutions | The Resistance

8.
Jan–Jul 1942

Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup | The FTP-M.O.I.

9.
July 1942 - Feb 1943

Rescue of Jewish Children


10.
August 1942 - May 1943

Stalingrad | Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

11.
1943

Creation of the UJRE

12.
Jan 1943 - Mar 1944

Repression | The Major Surveillance Operations

13.
Apr 1943 - March 1944

Unification of the Resistance

14.
Apr - Sep 1944

Insurrection and Liberation

15.
Oct 1944 - Nov 1945

End of the War | Reconstruction

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HALL 4 - State Antisemitism | Responses
Sept. 1940 – June 1941

4. State-sponsored anti-Semitism | Responses

View of the Beaune-la-Rolande camp, guarded by the French gendarmerie.

Draft of the “Law on the Status of Jews,” annotated in Pétain’s own hand. Document made public on October 3, 2010, by Serge Klarsfeld (pages 1 and 2).

“Law on Foreign Nationals of the Jewish Race” of October 4, published in the Official Journal on October 18, 1940.

Initial Status of the Jews

The October 19 edition of *Le Petit Parisien* reports on the status of Jews.

The collaborationist newspaper *Le Matin*, in its Oct. 19 issue, welcomed the publication of the Statute for the Jews.

Jews Registry

Anti-Semitic leaflet distributed by the Institute for the Study of Jewish Issues.

Savoie Prefecture: Individual declaration for the implementation of the law of October 3, 1940, which was still in effect in 1943.

Handwritten letter from Senator Pierre Masse to Marshal Pétain regarding the ban on Jews serving as officers.

Laws and Ordinances

Following the Montoire meeting (October 24, 1940), the October 26 issue of *L’Œuvre* celebrated Franco-German collaboration.

Prisoners of War

Map of French prisoner-of-war camps in occupied Europe (Stalags and Oflags).

Partial view of Stalag III-D (prisoner-of-war camp), located near Berlin.

Interior of a prisoner barracks at Stalag 1-A, near Stablack (East Prussia).

PCF leaflet: “The Cost of Living Since 1939.”

Flyer by Communist students calling for a demonstration against the Gestapo’s arrest of the anti-fascist physicist Paul Langevin.

PCF leaflet denouncing the 400 million gold francs paid daily to the German army under the terms of the armistice agreement.

View of the camp at Beaune-la-Rolande (Loiret).

Instructions from the Communist International dated April 26, 1941, modifying the PCF’s line and calling for the creation of a National Front to fight for the liberation and independence of France.

The May 25, 1941, special issue of *L’Humanité* calls for a fight against “the capitulators and traitors” and for people to join the National Front for the Independence of France.

A PCF leaflet from May 1941 denouncing anti-Semitism following the “green ticket” roundup.

Flyer seized during a search. 1941.