Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
Vichy’s first comprehensive anti-Jewish statute (Statut des Juifs), passed on October 3, 1940, defined a Jew as a person with three grandparents “of the Jewish race,” or with two Jewish grandparents if the spouse was also Jewish. In the latter provision, and in its explicit reference to race, the Vichy definition was both harsher and more inclusive than that stipulated by the Germans in the occupied zone of France and elsewhere. The law went on to provide the basis for
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Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
In October 1940, 12 German army divisions entered Romanian territory. They were presented by Hitler not as an army of occupation, but rather as an extension of the German military mission that had been dispatched to Romania one month earlier. Hitler’s desire to maintain a facade of Romanian independence derived from his awareness of the country’s key position in the Balkans and the undesirable effect that its occupation would have on Germany’s allies in the region, the Italians and the
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Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
After the Dutch civil service was purged of Jews, an order issued on October 22 stipulated the registration of businesses owned or influenced by Jews. Registration was the first step toward the “Aryanization” of Jewish property. In all, 20,690 businesses were recorded. The registration campaign proved that the Jews played a relatively small role in the Dutch economy and that most of their businesses were small.
