The zazous were a subculture in France during World War II. They were young people expressing their individuality by wearing big or garish clothing (similar to the zoot suit fashion in America a …

Oct 1, 2006 · These young people, who called themselves Zazous, were to be found throughout France, but were most concentrated in Paris. The two most important meeting places of the …

Oct 4, 2016 · In protest of Vichy ideology and enforced austerity, zazou followers challenged the image of an obedient, gender-normative, homogenized French citizenry. When the …

Jan 7, 2022 · The Zazou were now being deported to the German concentration camps, accused of sedition and homosexuality. The Liberation of Paris in 1944 by the Allied forces saw some …

Sep 1, 2015 · Working class Zazous used theft of cloth and black market activities to get their outfits, sometimes stitching their own clothes. Some of the more bohemian Zazous in the Latin …

Mar 4, 2025 · On June 14, 1942, JPF members raided Parisian streets and cafés, targeting Zazous. Their slogan became "Scalp the Zazous!" as they attacked Zazous with hair clippers. …

Aug 6, 2017 · The Zazou approach to protest grew increasingly political as the war intensified. When French Jews were required by law to wear the yellow star in a decree of June 7, 1942, …

Feb 25, 2025 · Some of the most distinctive of those movements emerged not from Germany but France, under the German occupation and collaborationist Vichy government of Philippe …

Apr 30, 2013 · The Zazous were a subculture in France during World War II. They were young people expressing their individuality by wearing big or garish clothing (similar to the zoot suit …

Oct 13, 2017 · Tells about the Zazou movement, a kind of Riviera zootsuit affair. Groups of men, most of them young Parisians, who have let their hair grow almost to …