{"product_id":"the-val-dhiv-raid-the-french-police-at-the-service-of-the-gestapo-9780997818451","title":"The Val d'Hiv Raid: The French Police at the Service of the Gestapo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeginning in the early morning hours of July 16, 1942, and lasting for two days, the French police went beyond Nazi ordinances and took it upon themselves to arrest and imprison more than 13,000 Jews at a Paris sporting arena, the V lodrome d'Hiver.\u003c\/strong\u003e For most of the Jews, this detention without water, food, or sleep was the first horrific step toward death in the concentration camps. This uniquely detailed study of the roundup offers the only contemporary analysis of both the precursors and the aftermath of the events of those two days. Using recently opened police files, Maurice Rajsfus details the internal organization of the police, showing the mechanisms of this raid in particular and of raids in general, making the book an indispensable micro-history of the Holocaust. A companion piece to Rajsfus's \u003ci\u003eOperation Yellow Star \/ Black Thursday\u003c\/i\u003e (DoppelHouse Press, 2017), \u003ci\u003eThe V l d'Hiv Raid \u003c\/i\u003eincludes witness and police reports, shocking excerpts from the collaborationist press, and speeches by contemporary French politicians whose official apology is still not complete and terribly overdue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Israeli activist and author Michel Warschawski.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaurice Rajsfus\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1928), a former investigative journalist for \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e, survived the V l d'Hiv roundup. He has written thirty books, including many examining the Vichy regime and its legacy in French police culture. Several of his books about his World War II experiences are the basis of a YA comic published by Tartamudo editions, as well as a theatrical production and a film. He lives in Paris with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Doppelhouse Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997818451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Maurice Rajsfus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38211011248309,"sku":"9780997818451","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_29eafbcb-4d88-4f94-860b-e22a96f546d1.jpg?v=1610428057","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-val-dhiv-raid-the-french-police-at-the-service-of-the-gestapo-9780997818451","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}