# Vichy antisemitic Statute on Jews (1940)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1940-vichy-antisemitic-statute-on-jews
Location: Vichy France

The regime enacted its own antisemitic laws excluding Jews from professions and public life. Within the broader Occupation, Liberation & Fourth Republic period, Defeat in 1940 divided France between Vichy, occupation and resistance. Liberation restored republican government, followed by reconstruction, welfare-state building, European integration and violent decolonization under the Fourth Republic. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Philippe Pétain / Charles de Gaulle (Vichy French State / Free France). Vichy antisemitic Statute on Jews mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Vichy antisemitic Statute on Jews mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated.

Ruler at the time: [Charles de Gaulle](https://history-france.com/rulers/charles-de-gaulle-1940)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Vichy antisemitic Statute on Jews](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Vichy+antisemitic+Statute+on+Jews&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Vichy antisemitic Statute on Jews](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Vichy+antisemitic+Statute+on+Jews)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)