A French military decree barred Roma and Travellers from travelling in eight western departments and restricted encampments in parts of central-western France. The measure drew on pre-existing French emergency powers and state classifications of so-called “Nomads.” It is important to distinguish this French policy from later German occupation measures and Vichy internment, while tracing their cumulative effects.
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What did the French military decree of October 1939 restrict?
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The measure relied on French emergency powers and state classifications.
The October 1939 movement restriction in France was issued by French military authorities.
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It relied on French emergency powers and preceded later occupation and Vichy policies.