How many Jews died in France during World War2?

Answer 1

A source is here. http://tinyurl.com/3yhc2a All numbers are approximate, but the estimate is that about 75,000 Jews were deported from France to death camps. Other estimates are somewhat higher, e.g. 77,000. Some of those deported from France were already refugees from other countries. About 250,000 Jews in France survived the war. Yad Vashem has honored about 2,000 French for protecing Jews from both the Nazis and the far right wing Vichy government. The Vichy regime represented the most virulent strains of anti-semitism in France. The Vichy eagerness to cooperate with the Nazis is sometimes seen as evidence of general French collaboration in gathering deportees. Jewish refugees who fled to Vichy-governed France usually found themselves worse off than in German-occupied areas. None of it was easy. But while many were anti-semitic at different levels, there was resistance in many areas to surrendering French citizens to the Germans, leading people to hide Jews. The deportations shocked some into action. Despite the apathy or anti-semitism of some church leaders, some French bishops bravely preached against the the deportations at a critical time leading to more assistance for those in hiding. Many French Jews were assimilated and not easily identified. The Germans had one million troops in occupied France, a ratio of about 1-40. That was an overwhelming force in military terms,but without greater French cooperation, the move to identify Jews and ship them to death camps was considerable hampered. While it is small consolation, the number of deaths could have been far higher. One of the more moving memorials to the Holocaust is in a park behind Notre Dame cathedral- and it specifically recognizes those who were deported from France. France today is home to the largest Jewish population in Europe, but its Muslim population is far higher still.

Answer 2

It is estimated 600,000 French people died in World War 2: both military and civilian. The Military death toll 250,000 and civilian is 350,000. Some of the French told includes the French Jews. This was a time of no computers and many unrecorded deaths so to give you an exact figure is not possible.