EVENT INFORMATION

6
April
1940

French decree imposes compulsory residence on registered Travellers

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📅 6 April 1940 📍 Frankrijk

The French President’s decree prohibited movement, for the duration of the war, by Travellers holding the state’s anthropometric booklet and subjected them to compulsory residence. The decree preceded the German invasion and was issued by the French Third Republic; the later Vichy regime expanded internment. This history places French state responsibility within the broader European persecution while recognizing that policies and outcomes differed by region.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Albert Lebrun

Roma and Traveller communities

Organisaties in dit Evenement

French Third Republic

French gendarmerie