Vichy France: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	État Français • French State
Date	July 1940 - September 1944
Location	France
Context	Franco-German Armistice • World War II

The Vichy government enacted strong conservative laws that censored the press, prohibited divorce, and made abortion a capital offense.
Less than 3% of the Jews deported by the Vichy government survived.
As part of the V�lodrome d'Hiver raid, the Vichy government arrested and deported 13,000 Jews to camps, of whom 4,000 were children that the Gestapo had not demanded.