Abstract
Abstract The history of sub-prefects under the Vichy regime remains to be written. What were the realities of their activities during this period? What history did they recount after the Liberation? What memory did they keep of those dark times? These are the questions that this article will answer by focusing on Pierre Henry Rix, a sub-prefect still renowned in Corsica for his leading role in the rescue of Jews. While shedding light on the skills required to climb the ladder of the prefectural career before, during and after the World War II, the article seeks to better understand how a Vichy sub-prefect, involved in the Gaullist Resistance and little concerned by the fate of the Jews, belatedly refashioned himself as a rescuer of Jews.
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