Jewish History | by Merv Islip | Volume 17, Issue 5 | September - October 2011
France had welcomed Jewish immigrants during the interwar period, many of them from Eastern Europe. But in the 1930s, as refugees fleeing Nazi persecution increased, France began to reassess this ‘open-door’ policy. When German forces invaded France on May 10, 1940, there were about 350,000 Jews…
The full text of this article is available to paid subscribers.
To subscribe go here