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France opens access to archives from Vichy wartime era
Many documents relating to when Pétain regime collaborated with Nazi occupiers during World War II can now be ‘freely consulted’.
French court acquits Marine Le Pen of hate speech
Head of far-right National Front party was on trial for comparing Muslims praying in the street to German occupation of France.
France's Marine Le Pen goes on trial over Muslim remarks
Head of far-right Front National accused of inciting racial hatred for comparing Muslims praying in the street to the Nazi occupation.
French far right leader Marine Le Pen faces trial for comments on Muslims
The president of the Front National faces charges of inciting racial hatred after comparing Muslim street prayers to the Nazi Occupation.
The fearless, peerless French lawyer who chronicled the Nazi Occupation
Maurice Garçon Maurice Garçon was a celebrated lawyer, essayist, novelist, gifted amateur artist and historian who was ultimately elected to the illustrious Académie Française. But Garçon also kept a diary during World War II, including France's Occupation by the Nazis. This recently-published journal reveals an apolitical, solitary, contradictory man who loathed Hitler and the collaborationist Vichy regime in France, but who also disdained Charles de Gaulle and who remained fiercely independent in his views throughout the duration of the conflict. Here Mediapart's Antoine Perraud examines the revealing insights of this eccentric but perceptive character into how French society coped with one of the bleakest episodes in the country's history.
France's Le Pen angry at father for defending 'gas chamber' comment
'I deeply disagree with him' says far-right leader Marine Le Pen after her father Jean-Marie repeats view that gas chambers are 'detail' of history.
US and France strike deal over SNCF role in the Holocaust
American Holocaust survivors who were deported to death camps by French state rail firm SNCF will get compensation from €49m fund.
French TV ‘proves’ Coco Chanel spied for the Nazis
Historian Franck Ferrand says previously unseen documents show the fashion designer worked directly for German military intelligence.
France returns artworks stolen by Nazis as Clooney film is released
Three paintings are to be returned to their rightful owners the day before the release of a film about a WWII army unit dedicated to saving artworks.
Marine Le Pen expected to face charges for incitement to racial hatred
French far-right leader, who compared Muslim street prayers to the Nazi occupation, faces prosecution after immunity is lifted by fellow MEPs.
Police files shed light on wartime Jewish roundup in France
Archives opened on the 'Vel d’Hiv Roundup', in which thousands of Jews were deported from Vichy France during World War Two.