Philippe Pétain

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/10/2022
  

  Philippe Pétain's Legacy Haunts the Island Where He's Buried

  The current French history wars have drawn battle lines over whether Pétain's service in the first world war or his collaboration during the second should be remembered. 

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• SOURCE: Forward
  5/16/2022
  

  Zemmour Acquitted of Holocaust Denial after Crediting Nazi Collaborator with Saving Jews

  While there is substantial disagreement on whether Vichy leader Philippe Pétain's decision to turn over foreign-born Jews to the Nazis was motivated by a desire to save French Jews, a court ruled that the right-wing provocateur did not engage in Holocaust denial by endorsing that view.