Daniel Lee completed his graduate studies at St Hugh's College, University of Oxford. He has held research fellowships at the Institute of Historical Research (London) and at Yad Vashem Institute for Historical Research (Jerusalem). He completed the manuscript for this book in Florence where he was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute. In his current position, Lee is investigating the experiences of Tunisian Jewish women during the Second World War.

"Pétain's Jewish Children is such a gripping and valuable study, exposing the fact that, even in such an increasingly hostile landscape, certain French Jews still felt that they could survive and even thrive. What Daniel Lee's book reveals is that, under Vichy, neither Frenchness nor Jewishness was ever a fixed identity, and that for a short while, even in a climate that sought to tear them apart, more than a few still saw the possibility for a productive symbiosis."--James McAuley, The Times Literary Supplement

"Pétain's Jewish Children convincingly demands a revision of the way we understand the Vichy state" -- Keith Rathbone, European History Quarterly

"Daniel Lee's extremely well-documented work is an important addition to this recent trend and deserves serious consideration....[A]n impressive scholarly work, written elegantly and with conviction on the basis of extensive original research and fully grounded in the historical studies on Vichy."--Richard I. Cohen, Journal of Modern History

"[R]ichly textured and thoroughly researched...[T]his book asks new questions, complicates a number of narratives that have become entrenched both in the historiography and in popular understandings of the Vichy regime and the occupation period, and nuances our interpretations of Vichy antisemitism and of Jewish responses to the National Revolution. This process of rethinking, alongside Lee's meticulous research, makes Pétain's Jewish Children a valuable contribution to scholarship on wartime France."--Kirrily Freeman, H-France

"[A]n accessible and fascinating piece of research that offers a meticulous record of its primary sources and a treasure trove of oral testimonies and private correspondence which will be invaluable to historians of this period."--Giulia Miller, History Today

"Daniel Lee's book encourages us to step beyond--but not forget--some of the paradigms which have for many years shaped our understanding of the Vichy era...[A]n excellent book."--Lindsey Dodd, French Studies

"Undoubtedly, the book by Daniel Lee opens up a new and essential perspective for the historiography of the relationship between Vichy and the Jews...By renewing and reinterpreting the historiography on such a sensitive subject, the book by Daniel Lee is a precious scientific work, which needs to be strongly recommended."--Antoine Godet, French History

"Pétain's Jewish Children provides an important intervention in the history of Jews in France during World War II, and contributes to our understanding of the National Revolution and the complexity of antisemitism as it was practiced under Vichy."--Shannon L. Fogg, Yad Vashem

"[E]xcellent...Lee is especially successful in using personal archives and memoirs to bring a more human perspective to his study."--Sophie B. Roberts, Marginalia

"Extensive and fascinating detail...Lee's valuable case-study offers a significant stimulus for further research."--J. Wardhaugh, English Historical Review

"Lee's thought-provoking work recovers a part of history, enriches our understanding of the total range of Jewish wartime experiences, and demonstrates that, for some Vichy traditionalists and Jewish leaders alike, the category of youth took a high enough priority to cut across deep divisions."--Sarah Fishman, The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth

"Lee's monograph makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the Occupation, Jewish life between the Defeat and the Holocaust, and youth movements under Vichy."--Richard Francis Crane, Holocaust and Genocide Studies

"Petain's Jewish Children constitutes a formidable corrective to a historiography dominated by studies on rescue, resistance, or persecution. Lee's work should inspire future scholars to test whether his conclusions about French Jewish youth hold for larger portions of French Jewish society. In the meantime, this carefully researched and intriguing study can act as a starting point and encourage historians to reconsider their assumptions about the nature of Vichy antisemitism and Jewish life during the first two years of the Holocaust in France."--Daniella Doron, American Historical Review

"[A] finely researched monograph..."--Robert O. Paxton, Journal of Contemporary History