Government Quote by Jean-Marie Le Pen

I consider that France and the Republic were in London during the occupation and that the Vichy regime was not France.

— Marine Le Pen

There's something Vichy about the French.

— Ivor Novello

Marshal Petain's Vichy regime looked like that new start. A couple of years later, it wasn't so evident that he was going to be…

— Robert O. Paxton

“Vichy emerged not only from what divided the French but also what united them: pacifism, fear of population decline, loss of confidence in national…

— Julian Jackson

Well, he worked for a fairly harmless agency. He worked for the agency that looked after French prisoners of war. Though he was capable…

— Robert O. Paxton

Now, if you are like me - if you are like practically anybody in America - then you probably hold some negative opinions about…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Vichy proves one thing: if you don't want to know how low your fellow citizens can fall, and crawl, don't lose a war.

— Frederic Raphael

“Vichy officials and collaborationists imprisoned 135,000 people (many for little more than their political beliefs), sent 650,000 more to Germany as “guest workers” under…

— Michael Neiberg

“the US continued to recognise Vichy and the Free French were reduced to operating in the US out of the office of the representative…

— Jonathan Fenby

There were the events of 1968 when young people began to ask their parents, what did you do in the war? And since the…

— Robert O. Paxton

“I also fear an attack directly upon us which shall be considerably aided by the French colonists! I therefore support your plan to act…

— Michael G. Kramer

As the Nazi regime developed over the years, the whole structure of decision-making was changed. At first there were laws. Then there were decrees…

— Raul Hilberg