# Paris roundups of Jews intensify (1941)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1941-paris-roundups-of-jews-intensify
Location: Paris
Categories: main-event

French and German authorities increasingly arrested and interned Jewish residents. 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 and provisional republican authority). Paris roundups of Jews intensify is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France. 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
Paris roundups of Jews intensify is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France.

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

## Sources
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