Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Faransa na dogon lokaci ta ɗauki matsayin cewa an rushe jamhuriyar lokacin da aka ba da iko ga Pétain, amma a hukumance ya yarda a 1995 haɗin kai a cikin fitar da Yahudawa 76,000 a lokacin WW II. Shugaba Jacques Chirac, yana magana a wurin Vélodrome d'Hiver, inda aka tattara Yahudawa 13,000
don gudun hijira zuwa sansanonin mutuwa a watan Yulin 1942, ya ce: "Faransa, a wannan ranar [16 Yuli 1942], ta aikata abin da ba za a iya gyarawa ba. Karya alkawarinsa, ya ba da waɗanda ke ƙarƙashin kariyarta ga masu zartar da hukuncin kisa, "in ji shi. Wadanda ke da alhakin tarwatsawa sune "yan sanda 450 da gendarmes, Faransawa, a karkashin ikon shugabanninsu [waɗanda] suka yi biyayya da bukatun 'yan Nazi... Faransanci, ta ƙasar Faransa, ta goyi bayan wautar' yan ta'adda na masu mamaye".