Catholic Church and Nazi Germany during World War II of collusion between the late Cardinal Verdier and the Jews". Verdier had described World War II as "a crusade ... We are struggling to preserve the freedom of people throughout the world, whether they be great or small peoples, and to preserve their possessions and their very lives. No other war has had aims that are more spiritual, moral, and, in sum, more Christian". On September 9, the Bishop of Quimper was arrested for opposing Nazi plans for Brittany. The Bishop of Strasbourg was prevented from returning from Vichy France to his dioceses and his Cathedral was closed to the
European sexuality leading up to and during World War II European sexuality leading up to and during World War II The years leading up to World War II (and during the conflict) saw great changes in the sexual habits of European societies. In the occupation years as the French dealt with their humiliating defeat and surrender, the morality of sex in the Vichy occupation changed. In his book "1940–1945, The Erotic Years: Vichy, or, the Misfortunes of Virtue" Patrick Buisson talks about “erotic shock ... or exploring new territories of pleasure." After the occupation he writes about French prisoners bedding local German girls, while back in their homeland French women