2001: 15 photos, as new.329 pages. . An account of the fate of Jews under the wartime Vichy government. This text examines the role of Marechal Philippe Petain in the persecution and mass murder of Jews under the Vichy government. It provides an account of this national hero" and saviour", whose complicity was long hidden in secrecy and shame. Since the first publication in 1990, there has been a radical change of attitudes within the French Government towards Vichy activities, especially following the death of President Francois Mitterrand who had opposed official condemnation.