Nazi Occupation - Collaboration, Accommodation & Resistance

Vichy France

A Nazi-controlled puppet state in Southern France established by Hitler and headed by Marshal Philippe Petain

Phillippe Petain

War hero from WWI. Claimed to be the "shield" for France during German collaboration. Personally popular despite unpopularity of regime; largely a figurehead in Vichy. Prominent in Vichy propaganda

BBC Radio

Listening to this was a minor act of resistance in Nazi-occupied Europe

Andre Trocme

Protestant Pastor of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and pacifist. Arranged for many Jews, especially children, to be hidden in the region.

Coco Chanel

French fashion designer. Began a relationship with a German intelligence officer and took advantage of anti-Semitic legislation. There are allegations that she worked as a Nazi intelligence agent during the war.

DeVlag movement

Belgian nationalists who wanted stranger ties with Nazi Germany. Recruited for the Waffen-SS

French Resistance Movement

the underground movement of various groups of soldiers and civilians in France that tried to free France from the control of Germany.

French Interior Force

Formed in June 1944 out of military elements of the French resistance.

Monaco Police

Turned over 42 foreign Jewish refugees to the Nazis but protected Monaco's own Jews

The Ustasa

Right-wing Croatian party inspired by the Nazis. Took power during occupation and built their own concentration camps were Jews and Serbs were killed.

The Chetniks

Serbian anti-communist guerrillas during WWII loyal to the Yugoslavian monarchy. In 1943 they agreed to work with Nazi forces against the Communists.

Bielski Partisans

Organization of jewish partisans who rescue jews from extermination and fought against the nazi german occupiers and their collaborators in the vicinity of german-occupied Poland.

Arajs Kommando

Latvian Auxiliary Security Police. Formed from volunteer right-wing students and army officers to purge 'internal enemies' (i.e Jews and Communists)

Security Battalion

A 22,000 strong force demanded by the Nazis, recruited by the Greek government and used to persecute the Greek communists.

Greek Prime Ministers

Chosen and controlled by the Nazis

Polish Underground

The Polish movement dedicated to the overthrow of the Nazi occupying forces

Denmark

Allowed to keep its own government and rejected anti-Semitic legislation in return for redirecting production and trade twoards Germany