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Bad Faith «=» A Forgotten History of Family, Fatherland and Vichy France Bad Faith A F o r g o t t e n H is t o r y o f F a m il y , F a t h e r l a n d a n d V ic h y F r a n c e Carmen Callil y * Alfred A. Knopf N ew York 2006 THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF Copyright © 2006 by Carmen Callil All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopfj a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. www.aaknopf.com Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Random House UK, London. Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publicadon Data Callil, Carmen. Bad faith : a forgotten history of family, fatherland and Vichy France / Carmen Callil. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-375-41131-3 (alk. paper) i. Darquier de Pellepoix, Louis, 1897—1980. 2. Public officers—France—Vichy—Biography. 3. Holocaust,Jewish (1939-1945)—France. 4. Antisemitism—France. 5. Jews—Persecutions—France. 6. France—History—German occupation, 1940-1945. 7. Vichy (France)—Biography. I. Tide. DC373.D354C35 2006 940.53*18092— dC22 [B] 2006041029 Manufactured in the United States of America First American Edition For PBH To keep good and bad faith distinct costs a lot; it requires a decent sincerity and truthfulness with oneself, it demands a continuous intellectual and moral effort. How can such an effort be expected from men like Darquier? Prim o Levi, The Drowned and the Saved Contents List of Illustrations xi Abbreviations xvii Louis Darquier’s Associations and Newspapers xix Historical Note xxi Family Trees: Darquiers and Joneses xxiii Prologue xxv PART I COBBLERS & CONVICTS 1. The Priest’s Children 3 2. The Convicts’ Kin 22 3. Soldier’s Heart 32 PART II COCK & BULL 4. Scandal and Caprice 49 5. Baby 64 6. Shreds and Patches 80 PART III HITLER’S PARROT 7. The Street 95 8. Fame 112 9. Pot of Gold 135 10. On the Rampage 152 11. War 170 PART IV VICHY FRANCE 12. Work, Family, Fatherland >93 Tormenting Men 217 13- 14. Rats 240 iy The Rat Pit 262 16. Death *77 Having Fun 300 *7- 18. Loot 321 19. D-Day 344 PART V SOME PEOPLE 20. The Family 371 21. The Cricket Team 394 22. Dinosaurs 416 Postscript 435 APPENDICES I. “In Auschwitz They Only Gassed lice.” Interview with Louis Darquier by Philippe Ganier-Raymond, ?Express, 28 October—4 November 1978 439 II. “The Snows of Sigmaringen” by Louis Aragon 457 III. Louis Darquier’s Baronial Inventions 462 Acknowledgements 467 Notes 473 Bibliography and Sources 3 67 Index 589 x
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