Pétainism and corporatism in the French community of Barcelone (June 1940 – November 1942) Authors Guillaume Horn DOI: 10.2436/20.1001.01.260 Keywords: Corporate democracy, Pétainism, French community of Barcelona, resisters, Abstract The article explains the most outstanding events of the French community of Barcelona from the beginning of the Second World War and the invasion of the south of France by the Nazis in November 1942. During this period, the community sided wholeheartedly with the new Vichy regime after the shock of disbandment in 1940. Its goal was to contribute to the regeneration of France from abroad. To achieve it, elections were called. A new generation took over the leadership of the community and applied solutions inspired by corporatism and conservatism. It promoted, among other things, a natalist policy, through the creation of a social system in which financial solidarity supported natality (Providence community). The community grew and its hard core strengthened. Alongside this, the community experienced Pétain’s mythical double game. Different types of resistance were identified: those who gave support to Vichy, convinced that the regime was planning revenge against Germany, and those who were outwardly loyal to Vichy, but did not really believe in it, and made contact with De Gaulle. Nevertheless, the acts of resistance, whatever their form, were rarely coordinated. This enables us to conclude thatthe French community of Barcelona was made up of Vichy resisters with diverse opinions. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (Français) How to Cite Horn, G. (2024). Pétainism and corporatism in the French community of Barcelone (June 1940 – November 1942). Butlletí De La Societat Catalana d’Estudis Històrics, (35), 79–123. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/BSCEH/article/view/154378 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue No. 35 (2024) Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On submitting articles for publication to the journal Butlletí de la Societat Catalana d'Estudis Històrics authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Societat Catalana d'Estudis Històrics (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Butlletí de la Societat Catalana d'Estudis Històrics.Authors answer to Societat Catalana d'Estudis Històrics for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.Societat Catalana d'Estudis Històrics declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal Butlletí de la Societat Catalana d'Estudis Històrics is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.