Memory, the Holocaust, and French justice: the Bousquet and Touvier affairs

The Bousquet affair

Vichy did the work of the Nazis : an interview with Robert Paxton / Annette Lévy-Willard

Fifteen years of an interminable affair / Annette Lévy-Willard

Six questions for history

Bousquet's letter (defense plea) to the court, 19 August 1992

1. Did Bousquet falsify history in his defense plea? / Denis Peschanski and Henry Rousso

2. Did Vichy France protect French Jews? / Robert O. Paxton

3. Was there massive collaboration of top officials? / Denis Peschanski

4. Was the France of 1940-42 anti-Semitic? / Pierre Laborie

5. Why did the high court acquit Bousquet? / Henry Rousso

6. Did the Purge achieve its goals? / Henry Rousso

The Touvier affair

Reflections on the April 1992 Appeals Court decision

The Touvier affair : history and justice abused / Jean-Denis Bredin

The Touvier affair / Tzvetan Todorov

The trial of Paul Touvier

Personalities / Annette Lévy-Willard

Proceedings / Sorj Chalandon

Reflections / Henry Rousso

Reflections / Tzvetan Todorov

Afterword : Who were the guilty and should they be tried? / Bertram M. Gordon.