title: The County Council of the Order of Physicians in Ille et Vilaine (France) during the Second World War.
abstract: Initially, the examination of the archives from the Ille et Vilaine Council of the College of Physicians was based solely on the findings of Dr. George from Rennes who had helped Jews during the Occupation. Gradually I perceived that the quality of available documents permitted writing this article to show a contrasting view of this dark period in our history. This work aimed to analyze the role of the County Council (CC) of Ille et Vilaine through minutes of their meetings and to compare, year by year, directives and circulars from the Supreme Council of the Order of Physicians (SCO) sent to CC at this period. We will observe see that between the institution, acting by strictly following the orders from the "French State", and the county councils, for some at least, there was a gap that men of good will knew not to cross.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Centre, Hospitalier Privé Saint-Grégoire, France. marc.e.gentili@orange.fr
authors.forename: Marc E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Gentili
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000266:history* / Q000592:standards; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D047789:World War II