Former Vichy officials later claimed that they did as much as they could to minimise the impact of the Nazi policies, although mainstream French historians contend that the Vichy regime went beyond the Nazi expectations.
Mantan pejabat Vichy kemudian menyatakan bahwa mereka melakukan sebanyak mungkin untuk meminimalkan dampak kebijakan Nazi, meskipun sejarahwan Prancis arus utama berpendapat bahwa rezim Vichy melampaui harapan Nazi.