Jim Delaney
Dr. Sperry
21 January 2009

In 1940, living in German occupied
France, the citizen had to decide if they
wanted to resist the Nazis, work with
them, or be neutral. The citizens who
decide to work with the Nazis became
known as ‘collaborators’. Though these
collaborators may not have had a drastic
effect on any life or the war, they were all
seen as traitors.
 June
1940- August 1944 1
 Began after Henri-Philippe Petain
negotiated with Nazis 2
 Puppet government3
2
 Arose
from the Legion Francaise des
Combattants (1940) 4
 Officially started in 1943 5
 Leader: Joeseph Darnad
• Officer in Waffen SS 6
7
 Three
Main Duties
 Vigilance
 Propaganda
 Security 4
 Branch
 Franc Garde
4
7

Worked with Nazis for many reasons
• Out of fear
• For money
• Shared same beliefs 8
 Many
different types of
collaboration 8
9
 Regular
citizen
 Covertly attack
Nazis 10
• Hit and runs
• Blocked roads
• Captured military
personal
11
12
 Trial
and Punishment of Collaborators on
mass scale 13
 Collaborators met many fates 14
• Shaved heads
• Firing squad
15
 The
French collaborators of World War 2
ranged from Military personnel, to
politicians, or simple citizens. Their
degree of collaboration also varied. This,
however, did not matter, they were all
seen as traitors in the eyes of the French
civilians. And after the war, the civilians
had their revenge.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
“Vichy France. “ Spartacus Educational. Web. 11 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWvichy.htm>
“Vichy France” Answers.com. Web. 19 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.answers.com/topic/vichy-france>
“The Vichy Regime.” Jewish Virtual Library. 2010. Web. 12 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/VichyRegi
me.html>
“Foreign Volunteers.” Axis History Factbook. 2007. Web. 13 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=7264>
“Milice.” Spartacus Educational. Web. 10 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FRmilice.htm>
Poznanski, Renee. “The Paramilitary Police State.” Jews in France during
World War 2. Brandeis Press, 2001. Google Books. Web. 10 Jan. 2010.
“World War 2 France Milice.” Wikimedia.com. 2009. Web. 18 Jan. 2010.
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_War_II_Fra
nce_Milice>
Dowswell, Paul. Second World War. Ed. Jane Chisholm. London: Usborne,
2005. Print.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
“Collaboration.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2009. Web. 12
Jan. 2010.
<http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=1000
5466>
Conot, Robert.“The French Resistance.” ScrapbookPages.com. Web. 18 Jan.
2010. <http://www.scrapbookpages.com/oradour-surglane/Story/FrenchResistance.html>
“French Resistance.” Paralumun.com. Web. 15 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.paralumun.com/warfrenchresistance.htm>
“The French Resistance.” History Learning. 2009. Web. 19 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/french_resistance.htm>
“WW2 French Resistance.” VisualCollector.com. 2001. Web. 18 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.visualcollector.com/FFI/>
“Pursuit of Nazi Collaborators- France.” Global Oneness. Web. 18 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.experiencefestival.com/pursuit_of_nazi_collaborators
_-_france>
World War Two Forums. 2006. Web. 12 Jan. 2010.
<http://worldwartwozone.com/forums/european-war-september-11939/574-collaborators-in-france-and-belgium.html>