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The Statute on Jews — Vichy’s first antisemitic law, 1940
Without any German demand, the regime defined Jews in racial terms and excluded them from the civil service, the press, cinema, the army; a second statute in June 1941 worsened everything and ordered a census — the French-laid first stone of the persecution that led to the deportations. (Editorial synthesis)
The Statute on Jews took place on 3 October 1940. (source: Ministère des Armées)
The Statute on Jews ended in the exclusion of Jews from offices and professions — on Philippe Pétain’s initiative. (source: Encyclopædia Universalis)
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