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Xavier Vallat (December 23, 1891 – January 6, 1972), French politician and antisemite who was Commissioner-General for Jewish Questions in the wartime collaborationist Vichy government, and was sentenced after World War II to ten years in prison for his part in the persecution of French Jews.
Xavier Joseph Vallat, né le 23 décembre 1891 à Villedieu ( Vaucluse) et mort le 6 janvier 1972 à Annonay ( Ardèche ), est un avocat, journaliste et homme politique français. Vice-président du groupe parlementaire de la Fédération républicaine dans les années 1930, il évolue de la droite vers l' extrême droite .
Nov 5, 2010 · Un portrait de Xavier Vallat, commissaire général aux questions juives sous Vichy, antisémitiste fanatique et militant catholique. Découvrez son itinéraire politique, sa contribution à la persécution des juifs et son procès en 1947.
Jan 7, 1972 · PARIS, Jan. 6—Xavier Vallat, who was Marshal Philippe Petam's first “Commissioner for Jewish Questions,” died today at Annonay, in Southern France at the age of 81.
VALLAT, XAVIER ° (1891–1972), French antisemitic politician. A member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1919, he changed his political affiliations several times, but always belonged to the extreme right and was an outspoken antisemite.
Vallat, Xavier (1891-1972), Coordinator of Jewish affairs in France’s Vichy government during 1941 and 1942. Vallat was first elected to France's parliament in 1919. His ideology was strongly influenced by Action Francaise, the radical, nationalist, right-wing, antisemitic movement, and he often attacked Jews in parliament.
Feb 13, 2021 · Xavier Vallat, who was appointed commissioner-general for Jewish affairs in March 1941 under the pressure of the Germans, was a well-known antisemite. Indeed, most of the regime’s antisemitic legislation was enacted during the year he held that post, with no opposition from Pétain or from the latter’s deputy, Admiral François ...
