1. The Vel' d' Hiv' (Operation Spring Breeze)
... the last stop in France before extermination (Verdict on Vichy 151). It was a Vichy decree that working together with the Germans should not lessen the area of independent French activity. Pierre Laval, a well known French political figure, found a way to lessen such an issue would be to anticipate German demands and suggest a specifically "French- way of handling said demands. There were ... of hard labor, his responsibility for the Round-ups was not taken into consideration."" (www.massviolence.org) In 1945 the leaders of the Vichy government were arrested and some, including Pierre L...
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