Une justice impossible. L'épuration et la politique antijuive de Vichy

An Impossible Justice. With the indictment of several former high civil servants for crimes against humanity, the French have recently refocused their attention on Vichy's policy towards Jews. They may have forgotten the author argues the violent postwar purges in which most of the visible war criminals be they officials or intellectuals, were tried, and many sentenced to death. The issue remains of wether and to what extent the legal system could directly adress antisemitic attitudes, ideology and action.Rousso Henry. Une justice impossible. L'épuration et la politique antijuive de Vichy. In: Annales. Economies, sociétés, civilisations. 48ᵉ année, N. 3, 1993. pp. 745-770