L’UGIF, collaboration ou résistance ?

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The UGIF (General Union of the Israelites in France) was founded under Nazi command by a Vichy government law dated November 29, 1941. The aim was to create a united Jewish community which would be easier to identify and control. This act was part of the lead up to extermination. To this day, the history of the UGIF remains a controversial issue, which deserves to be understood in the context of the Interwar period. The leaders of the union were active members within their respective communities before the war, and seeing them in this light allows a different perspective than that of the popular and persistent perception of them as Vichy or Nazi creations. They lead a multifaced organisation, as if several different UGIFs had existed at different points in time and space.