Vichy France (historical context of burials)
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Vichy France refers to the collaborationist French regime based in the town of Vichy during World War II, which administered unoccupied France under German influence from 1940 to 1944.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vichy France | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French government
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collaborationist regime ⓘ puppet state ⓘ |
| appliesToPart |
French colonial empire
NERFINISHED
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unoccupied zone of France ⓘ |
| armisticeDate | 22 June 1940 ⓘ |
| armisticeWith | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPracticeContext |
administered burial and reburial of victims of bombings and military operations in unoccupied zone
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allowed religious burials according to Catholic, Protestant and Jewish rites under restrictive conditions ⓘ cooperated with German authorities in handling remains of deportees when bodies were returned or identified ⓘ had to manage burial of refugees and displaced persons who died in its territory ⓘ interacted with German authorities over burial of enemy soldiers on French soil ⓘ involved in burial and concealment of Resistance fighters and executed prisoners in some areas ⓘ maintained French civil burial regulations with adaptations under occupation ⓘ maintained municipal control over cemeteries in the unoccupied zone ⓘ oversaw military burials of French soldiers in unoccupied zone ⓘ regulated exhumations and transfers of remains between occupied and unoccupied zones ⓘ sometimes used anonymous or mass graves for executed prisoners and victims of repression ⓘ subjected Jewish cemeteries and burials to antisemitic discrimination and vandalism ⓘ was later subject to postwar exhumations and reburials of victims of collaboration and repression ⓘ |
| capital | Vichy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dissolutionCause | Allied liberation of France ⓘ |
| endTime | 1944 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Provisional Government of the French Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment | Pierre Laval NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfState | Philippe Pétain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | German occupation of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
antisemitism
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authoritarianism ⓘ collaborationism ⓘ |
| implementedPolicy |
Statut des Juifs
NERFINISHED
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collaboration in deportation of Jews ⓘ state antisemitic legislation ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| legalSystem | continued much of French civil law including regulations on cemeteries and burials ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Operation Torch and subsequent German occupation of southern zone in 1942 ⓘ |
| occupyingPower | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionPolicy |
allowed clergy participation in funerary rites
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maintained formal separation of church and state while favoring Catholic Church ⓘ |
| replaced | French Third Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
deportation of foreign and French Jews
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internment camps in unoccupied France ⓘ persecution of Jews in France ⓘ |
| slogan | Travail, Famille, Patrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1940 ⓘ |
| territorialStatus |
actually controlled only unoccupied zone after June 1940 armistice
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nominally sovereign over all French territory ⓘ |
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