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This week in the War, 15–21 February 1943: STO—le Service du travail obligatoire, Vichy’s labour service law

This week in the war, on 16 February 1943, the law concerning the Service du travail obligatoire (STO)—the compulsory labour service law—was put into action by the government of Vichy France. It applied to young French males born between 1920 and 1922 and … Continue reading

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This week in the War, 20–26 October 1941: Assassination in Nantes

This week in the war, around 7.30am on 20 October 1941, the Feldkommandant (German military governor) of Nantes, Lieutenant Colonel Karl Hotz, was assassinated by the French Resistance. The assassination took place at the rue du Roi Albert, close to … Continue reading

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This week in the War, 24 Feb–2 March 1941: Diary of a Witness

Raymond-Raoul Lambert was one of the most prominent leaders of the Jewish community in France during the 1930s and the early years of the war. From 1941 to 1943, he headed the Union Générale des Israélites de France (UGIF), which … Continue reading

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