UID:
kobvindex_DGP1644266113
Format:
Lit.Hinw.
ISSN:
0042-5702
Content:
One of the requirements set forth in the German-French armistice of 1940 was that the French government, at the request of German authorities, had to hand over prisoners of war, civilian prisoners and wanted Germans held in French custody. This went against France's republican sense of honour and her long tradition of granting political asylum. However, after a short while, the initially vehement resistance to the extradition clause changed to acceptance as collaboration between German and French police grew and became firmly established. Political coercion by an occupying power only partially explains the readiness to cooperate. Indeed, the interests of the "Etat francais" coincided with those of the German occupiers when it came to removing unwanted persons from French territory. The extradition of Rudolf Breitscheid and Rudolf Hilferding, social democrats who took political refuge in France, illustrates how the Vichy Regime, despite its room for manoeuvre, became a henchman of Germany. (Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte / FUB)
In:
Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, [Berlin] : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 1953, 47(1999), 2, Seite 217-241, 0042-5702
Language:
German
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