History of War

THE SURVIVAL OF THE JEWS IN FRANCE 1940-44

Author: Jacques Semelin Publisher: Hurst Price: £30.00

Between the French defeat in 1940 and liberation in 1944 the Nazis killed almost 80,000 of France’s Jews, both French and foreign nationals. There can be no dispute that this amounted to a tragedy on a staggering scale. That said some 75 per cent

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