Marine Le Pen 
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SOURCE: NPR
France's New Far-Right Leader Quits Over Alleged Holocaust Denial
Jean-François Jalkh has stepped down as the leader of France's far-right National Front party, after controversy over his remarks about Nazi Germany's use of Zyklon B gas to kill Jews during World War II.
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SOURCE: NYT
4-13-17
Marine Le Pen’s inner circle includes several figures tied to Hitler nostalgia
Frédéric Chatillon and Axel Loustau are well-known former members of a violent, far-right student union that fought pitched battles with leftists and took a turn toward Hitler nostalgia in the mid-1990s.
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SOURCE: CNN
4-10-17
Marine Le Pen sparks outrage over Holocaust comments
Le Pen suggested France was not responsible for the wartime round-up of Jews who were sent to Nazi death camps.
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SOURCE: Forward
4-6-17
Marine Le Pen’s Treasurer Published Pro-Nazi Facebook Posts For Years
During the presidential campaign, several members of Le Pen’s close entourage have been suspected of sympathy for neo-Nazi groups and anti-Semitic propaganda.
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4-7-17
This Play about Joan of Arc Got this Historian Thinking She Was at a Marine Le Pen Rally
by Diana Muir Appelbaum
The play is “Joan of Arc: Into the Fire” and it’s playing (gasp!) at Manhattan’s Public Theater.
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