Petain's Crime: The Complete Story of French Collaboration in the Holocaust

by Paul Webster

Book Overview

The crime of Marshal Philippe P tain, hero of World War I and "national savior" after the fall of France in 1940, was to preside over France's enthusiastic and autonomous contribution to the extermination of European Jews. As head of state of the "free" Vichy government after the Nazi occupation, P tain directed the French collaboration in the Holocaust. These facts of France's complicity have long been covered by secrecy and censorship, and P tain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566632498
• ISBN13: 9781566632492
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"