Bad Faith: A Forgotten History of Family, Fatherland and Vichy France

671 Pages·2006·17.437 MB·English

by  Carmen Callil

Bad Faith
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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
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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
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Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape,
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Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are
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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
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14. Rats 240
iy The Rat Pit 262
16. Death *77
Having Fun 300
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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
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