Essay on Vichy France for 710

Hello my French brothers and sisters! Dark times have befallen our precious land, and pure chaos has ensued. I write to the people in France in hopes of establishing a new land. A land that can be looked upon proudly with eyes of great virtue. In order to achieve our wildest dreams we must sort through the rubbish that has landed us here in the first place. How will we as a society react to the many things that have been dealt to the people of France? Perhaps our great fight ends in bloodshed, and broken promises. Or perhaps we could take heed of the laws and policies our fellow Europeans across the Sea. I had the pleasure of visiting one of the cities in America that the citizens take so much pride in: Boston, Massachusetts. A port town on the North-Eastern coast that was a large part of the American Revolution. It was also home to the Notorious Boston Massacre. There are a number of things that I enjoyed about my trip, but pointing out the differences between Boston and France had to be the most delectable part of my trip. The way in which they practice religion is something to behold. Their new Constitution is also no laughing matter, and lastly the many things Americans find fun is mesmerizing, and also repulsive. America is a tremendous place and I cannot wait to guide you through my journey and inferences.

France had a general distrust of Germany. There was a great fear that if more serious measures to stop Germany were not made then the next generation would be seeking a war of revenge. The French public opinion earnestly desired a just peace, and would not take up arms again until compelled by a clear threat.3 This pacifism played an extremely important role in French policy. "Whether from ignorance or misunderstanding, many of the French people were apathetic, or just did not care enough to want action."4 The people were divided into two forces, the Left and Right, the Right favoring

In Europe, Islamophobia emerged together with new anti-Semitism, where the targets are the new immigrants, Muslims, as well as Jews. The reason for that is in France and United Kingdom, Muslims and Jews for the past decade inhabit the poorest neighborhoods. Media, on the other hand, portrays this as an incapability of Muslim immigrants to integrate into European society and susceptibility to the imported Islamist ideologies (Silverstein, 367).

← Doyle, William. The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. 2001

The popular front led by Leon Blum, was the socialist government from 1936 which put in place the ‘Matignon Agreement’. Several developments established during the period of governing such as raising wages, and introducing the forty hour working week (James, 2003, p.124). Although they had in a sense united workers and employers, the adverse consequences resulted in a radicalised nation, with strong policing on tax evasion, and the reforms were substantially expensive (James, 2003, pp.124-125). Politically, the poor stability of the French economy didn’t allow Blum and his party to enforce their power across Europe. With the German economy recovering rapidly, and the vast military production, France simply didn’t have the resources to match up to the threat posed upon them (James, 2003, p.125).

Source one has shown enlightened thinking of generally the third estates, also known as the National Assembly and represented the people of France. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a social factor which shaped French Nationalism. It’s an enlightened idea which was spread through media, to motivate commoners to fight for their rights, which has questioned the divine right of the king. Even though the Declaration of the Rights did not create a new Country, but it did give the people of France a sense of belonging, and their rightful rights. As a result of the Declaration, was the Storming of the Bastille, where political prisoners were freed from the Bastille, and a significant “victory” towards

The postwar period in France was a period were identity was being redefined. The struggle to find and understand identity was particularly difficult for recent immigrant workers from former colonies. As the period progressed into the late 1960s, anti-immigrant rhetoric ramped up and was becoming integrated with mainstream politics. The prejudices against immigrant workers and their families was especially difficult for the children, often born in France, who were stuck between two identities. The older generation suffered a loss of identity and reminders that they were not completely welcome in France. Azouz Begag’s Shantytown Kid offers a deeper understanding

Vichy France is a period of French history that has only fairly recently begun to be examined for what it truly is: a period in which many of the French turned against their own state and collaborated with the German forces to betray their own country. Until the eighties, the Vichy Regime was regarded as “an aberration in the evolution of the French Republic” (Munholland, 1994) , repressed by the French in an attempt to regain their national pride. ‘Lacombe Lucien’ (1974), directed by Louis Malle is a film which aims to capture the ambiguity of the era through the documentation of fictional collaborateur, Lucien.

Fernando discusses the difference in hierarchy between the French and Muslim French by analyzing a speech given by the minister of the interior of France, Sarkozy. In a speech to Muslim French people, Sarkozy states, “The national community holds out its hand to you. It is watching you. You are from now on accountable for the image of each and every Muslim in France. Take this hand held out to you by the republic. Do not disappoint it, for the consequences would be enormous” (Fernando 65). Even though Sarkozy initially gives the Muslim French people affirmation that racism of religion and race have no place in the French Republic, Fernando further underlines how the French are catering to the Muslims. This is absurd because the French are the ones in the first place who encouraged the Muslims in Africa to move to France to work. Within the ethnography, many Muslims describe how the government made a coordinated effort after the world war to allow Muslims into France to ameliorate their conditions (Fernando 32). Furthermore, when Sarkozy elaborates about how Muslims should take what the republic offered, this creates a double standard. In simpler terms, Sarkozy is stating how the French is giving the Muslims citizenship, but at the same time are watching their every move as if they are not

In some periods of our history immigration is often associated with conflict and warfare. Nearly 8 million refugees found a new home in West Germany and 3.5 million in East Germany by 1950, as a result of Second World War. Other examples are Algerian independence in 1962 also resulted an inflow of one million Algerians into France in last than a year. The Balkan wars in the 1990s also led more than one million refugees into Germany. Some other periods of high immigration are related to economic need, mostly inflows into France, Germany and the Great Britain in 1950s and 1960s. Ethnic mix results from these movements are very different than others in Germany, France and

A way to ask the question concerning minorities and adjustment is to consider whether the French are racists. Do they practice diversity? Do they treat their ethnic minorities well? The simple answer is that “yes” racism does exist in France, just as it exists in all other countries and cultures. As with all other people, it is a complex situation. Official records show that there is racism at work in employment. Unemployment for French nationals hovers around 10%. Yet, for the foreign or ethnic population that figure is on the upside of 20% at all times. Just looking at second generation North

to get all the power of France. It should also be said that not all the nobles

In World War II, the French Resistance was a set of movements that fought against Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationists of the Vichy regime. The resistance were made up of both armed men and women, they were called the, Maquis. Other things that the Resistance did in their guerilla warfare were; Publishing underground newspapers, provide first-hand intelligence information, and maintaining escape networks that helped allied soldiers and airmen.

The French Revolution was a period of time from 1789 to 1799 in France where there was political instability. It officially began on the 14th of July, 1789, when the Bastille, which was a symbol of the King’s harsh policies, was stormed. The King, Louis XVI, the Queen, Marie-Antoinette and about 40,000 people were all brutally murdered. But there was also a positive side, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was formally adopted on August 1789 and feudalism was abolished. This essay will address the issues of the three estates system, food shortages and the fiscal crisis. It will also be argued that the most significant cause of the French Revolution was the social inequality that stemmed from the three estates system.

In the article “France and Its Muslims”, published in the 2006 September/ October issue of the magazine Foreign Affairs, Senior Editor and freelance writer Stephanie Giry discussed the