Vichy, France

Excerpt from Sisters in the Resistance: How Women Fought to Free France, 1940-1945 by Weitz:
p. 28
"...Petain instituted a series of statutes and decrees aimed at strengthening the French state...Petain's government made overtures to the Third Reich, suggesting a policy of "faithful collaboration"...It was in Germany's interest for France to contribute to the Reich's extensive needs. Petain replaced the republican motto of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" with "Work, Family, Country" and changed the name of the French Republic to that of "l'Etat Francais", the French state, making it more consistent with Germany and Italy's status and underscoring the break with the Third Republic and republican traditions. The nation was to be purified and its moral tone strengthened; harmful individualism would be suppressed.