Louis Darquier, better known under his assumed name Louis Darquier de Pellepoix (December 19, 1897, Cahors – August 29, 1980, near Málaga, Spain) was Commissioner for Jewish Affairs under the Vichy Régime.
A veteran of World War I, Darquier had been active in Fascist and antisemitic politics in France in the 1930s, being a member, at various times, of Action Française, Croix-de-Feu and Jeunesses Patriotes. On February 6, 1934, he was injured at t...
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Louis Darquier, better known under his assumed name Louis Darquier de Pellepoix (December 19, 1897, Cahors – August 29, 1980, near Málaga, Spain) was Commissioner for Jewish Affairs under the Vichy Régime.
A veteran of World War I, Darquier had been active in Fascist and antisemitic politics in France in the 1930s, being a member, at various times, of Action Française, Croix-de-Feu and Jeunesses Patriotes. On February 6, 1934, he was injured at the Place de la Concorde riot, and, according to the Janet Maslin, writing in The New York Times in 2006, "parlayed (his) new status as a 'man of 6 February' into a leadership role." During this period he began collaborating with the noted antisemitic publisher Ulrich Fleischhauer's Welt-Dienst (World-Service or Service Mondial) organization based in Erfurt, Germany.
Darquier's extreme views were well-publicized. In 1937, he said, at a public meeting, "We must, with all urgency, resolve the Jewish problem, whether by expulsion, or massacre." A...
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