The épuration légale (French for 'legal purge') was the wave of official trials that followed the Liberation of France and the fall of the Vichy regime...

appointed Justice Minister François de Menthon to lead the Legal Purge (Épuration légale) to punish traitors and clear away traces of the Vichy regime. Knowing...

appointed Justice Minister François de Menthon to lead the Legal Purge (Épuration légale) to punish traitors and to clear away the traces of the Vichy regime...

so-called "vichystes". The process became known in legal terms as épuration légale ("legal purging"). Similar processes in other countries and on other...

relationships with Germans. Courts set up in June 1944 carried out an épuration légale (official purge) of officials tainted by association with Vichy or...

the war. Examples include: Legal purge in Norway after World War II Épuration légale in France August trials in Poland People's courts (Czechoslovakia)...

practice, becoming known as les tondues (the shorn). The official épuration légale ("legal purge") began following a June 1944 decree that established...

executions before the Liberation and 4,000 afterward. the second phase (épuration légale or legal purge), which began with Charles de Gaulle's 26 and 27 June...

collaborating with the German occupying forces and had to testify before a Épuration légale (post-war legal trial), as there were plans to ban her from appearing...

market continued. Punishment for black marketeers was part of the épuration légale (purge of collaborators), in response to strong public demand. Vigilante...

words by Henri Lemarchand. After the war she was convicted by the Épuration légale as a collaborator and punished with five years without public activities...

the Citizen, which has constitutional status under French law. The épuration légale trials held after the 1944 liberation of France introduced the status...

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aims. Vichy loyalists were put on trial by the GPRF in legal purges (épuration légale), and a number were executed for treason, among them Pierre Laval,...

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Germans, to sing for French prisoners of war in Germany. During the Épuration légale ("legal purge"), the wave of official trials that followed the Liberation...

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Republic. He was the first journalist sentenced to death during the Épuration légale. Suarez was trained as a jurist. He fought in World War I, and afterwards...

nationale ideology. He was not affected in the first waves of the Épuration légale after liberation. He was arrested and jailed for one month in Fresnes...

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anti-tank ditches along the Rhine. In late 1946, as France engaged in épuration légale in its occupation zone, the French military authorities determined...

Liberation of France Ordinance of 9 August 1944 Provisional Government Épuration légale Épuration sauvage Municipal elections of 1945 1946 legislative election...

Liberation of France Ordinance of 9 August 1944 Provisional Government Épuration légale Épuration sauvage Municipal elections of 1945 1946 legislative election...

Liberation of France Ordinance of 9 August 1944 Provisional Government Épuration légale Épuration sauvage Municipal elections of 1945 1946 legislative election...

although its authenticity was later rejected. The CDL were in charge of the épuration, the pursuit of collaborators. During the Liberation of France, the Resistance...

Liberation of France Ordinance of 9 August 1944 Provisional Government Épuration légale Épuration sauvage Municipal elections of 1945 1946 legislative election...

summary execution suffered by many suspected collaborators during the épuration sauvage. On 10 September 1946, the government sentenced him to death in...

Liberation of France Ordinance of 9 August 1944 Provisional Government Épuration légale Épuration sauvage Municipal elections of 1945 1946 legislative election...

Liberation of France Ordinance of 9 August 1944 Provisional Government Épuration légale Épuration sauvage Municipal elections of 1945 1946 legislative election...