Marine Le Pen

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.