Research Catalog

Title

Politics, society and Christianity in Vichy France / W.D. Halls.

Author

Halls, W. D.

Publication

Oxford ; Providence, USA : Berg, 1995.

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Description

xi, 419 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

• This is the first work in English or French to deal comprehensively with the attitudes and activities of Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, in France during the Vichy regime and under the German yoke. The author shows how Christians reacted to Marshal Petain and the Laval government, as well as to the Allies, the Germans, the Resistance and the Vatican.
• The trauma of the treatment of the Jews, which eventually acted upon the Church as a catalyst, is assessed in detail since it represented a turning-point in Christian attitudes.
• This examination of one of history's darkest periods provides a wealth of new material on matters hotly debated at the Liberation: the regime's slide into near-fascism; the persecution of the Jews; the attempted regimentation of youth and trade unions; resistance to or collaboration with the enemy; and the paramountcy of conscience for Christians.

Series Statement

Berg French studies

Uniform Title

Berg French studies.

Subject

• Catholic Church > France > Political activity
• Christians > France > Attitudes
• World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France
• Youth movements > France > History > 20th century
• France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945
• France > Politics and government > 1940-1945
• Vichy (France) > Cultural policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-404) and index.

Contents

1. Introductory -- 2. Christians and Pre-War Politics -- 3. Prelude to Vichy -- 4. The Man of Destiny -- 5. Christians in Disarray -- 6. The Church: New Laws -- 7. Christians and Jews - I -- 8. Christians and Jews - II -- 9. Christians and Jews: The Aftermath -- 10. Christians and the Allies -- 11. Christians, Bombings and 'Terrorism' -- 12. Christians and Germans -- 13. Christians and the Resistance -- 14. Vichy, the Church and the Vatican -- 15. The Church and Economic and Social Affairs -- 16. Youth Policy and the Church -- 17. Youth Movements -- 18. Christians and Deportation to Germany -- 19. Christians and the Collaborationists -- 20. 'Epuration' and the Higher Clergy -- 21. Concluding Remarks.

ISBN

• 185973071X (cloth)
• 1859730817 (paper)

LCCN

95100269

OCLC

• 32133296
• ocm32133296
• SCSB-14281084

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries