Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer

  • SNCF
Identifier
378
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

History

The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer, the French railroads, were making the convoys – the trains transporting Jews from the unoccupied zone and deporting them from France – run on time. The SNCF was paid per victim, per kilometer for this transport by cattle cars; as late as 1944-08 it was still billing for its deportation services. Its contribution to civilized behavior was to clean and disinfect the cars after transport.

Places

  • Founded in France.

Sources

  • Verdict on Vichy : Power and prejudice in the Vichy France Regime / M. Curtis. – London, 2002. – p. 304