A forgotten crime: Remembering the 1943 Marseille roundup
[ad_1] Issued on: 27/01/2023 – 13:28 In this edition, we discover a little-known chapter of French history. In 1943, the Germans had occupied the southern...
World War II
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‘Canada’s single bloodiest day’ of World War II, 80 years on
[ad_1] Issued on: 19/08/2022 – 06:42 Canada is just one of many overlooked Allied countries that helped turn the tide of World War II from...
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France’s new Prime Minister is the daughter of a stateless Auschwitz survivor
[ad_1] French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne’s childhood was marked by the suicide of her father in 1972, when she was just 11 years old. Joseph Borne,...
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Ukraine conflict overshadows France’s Second World War commemorations
[ad_1] Issued on: 08/05/2022 – 13:21Modified: 08/05/2022 – 13:43 French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday marked the anniversary of the Allies’ victory over Nazi Germany...
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Romania’s Iași pogrom, one of the worst massacres of Jews during World War II
[ad_1] Issued on: 25/03/2022 – 13:25Modified: 25/03/2022 – 13:27 During World War II, one of the worst massacres of the conflict took place in Eastern Europe,...
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Far-right Zemmour faces lawsuit for denying Nazi deportation of homosexuals
[ad_1] Issued on: 23/03/2022 – 18:56 Far-right candidate Éric Zemmour faces yet another lawsuit in the run-up to France’s presidential election, this time filed by gay...
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No longer neutral? War in Ukraine tests Finland’s stance on Russia
[ad_1] Finland has traditionally walked a careful line of neutrality to avoid confrontation with its Russian neighbour. But the war in Ukraine is changing public...
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France to return 15 artworks stolen from Jews during WWII
[ad_1] Issued on: 15/02/2022 – 22:14 The French senate Tuesday approved the return of 15 artworks looted from Jews during World War II, as part...
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How three-quarters of French Jews survived the Holocaust, despite the Vichy regime
[ad_1] The fate of France’s Jews during World War II has become an unlikely topic of debate in the run-up to the French presidential election,...
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Man suspected of betraying Anne Frank to Nazis identified after 77 years
[ad_1] Issued on: 18/01/2022 – 10:03 A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the mystery of how the...
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Eighty years after Pearl Harbor, survivors of Japanese internment camps remember ordeal
[ad_1] Issued on: 10/12/2021 – 19:26 After Japan’s 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the US forcibly displaced 120,000 people of Japanese origin into 10 internment camps...
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Macron pays tribute to last French Resistance fighter on Armistice Day
[ad_1] Issued on: 11/11/2021 – 14:19 President Emmanuel Macron led tributes on Thursday to the last French Resistance fighter from World War II who died...
