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View submission: Were non-French civilians actively persecuted in Nazi-occupied France?
Yes that's plausible. There were several French Canadian SOE agents[1] in France, as being native French speakers helped them maintain their cover (in some cases the French Canadian accent could pass for a Normand French accent!). I've mentioned one of them, Lucien Dumais, in a previous answer about escape lines that rescued Allied airmen[2] (Dumais was one of the founders of the Shelburn escape line).
1: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_Canadiens_du_SOE
Comment by FrostyYam4380 at 19/01/2025 at 16:20 UTC
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Thank you! I will read more into Lucien Dumais. I do have another question in regards to Japanese immigrants to Paris, France before WWII. In your knowledge, were they persecuted due to their appearances? While there are civilian internment camps, since Japan was an ally to Germany, do you know if they had preferential treatment in any way in Nazi-occupied France?