HIEU 158 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading: Antisemitism, Spanish Civil War, Jewish Question
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The germans had to figure out what to do with the western european jews. In france, there was a longstanding tradition of anti semitism and xenophobia. Gurs was constructed as a prison for those fleeing to france to escape the. The war with russia had emboldened french communists and there were a lot of fatal attacks on germans in france. This was blamed on the jews, of course. There were mass killings of jews and communists as retribution for this. The french didn"t respond to it like the polish did. The french were appalled and it increased resistance. Eventually, mass deportations of jews and communists to the east were considered the better way to deal with the jewish question and quell rebellion in france. Deportations of jews from france as part of the final solution began. Deportations became the main mode of operation in western europe for the nazis. This was how the final solution was implemented there.
