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French Holocaust denier Robert Faurisson dies at 89

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:27:39 +0200

Robert Faurisson, a former French academic who was convicted several times for claiming there was no systematic mass killings of Jews by Nazi Germany, has died aged 89 in his hometown of Vichy, central France, his sister and his editor said Monday.

France pays emotional tribute to 'Shoah' director Claude Lanzmann

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 11:06:20 +0200

France paid a national hommage on Thursday to revered filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, whose nine-hour documentary "Shoah" is regarded as the best ever made about the Holocaust.

Panthéon burial honours French rights icon Simone Veil

Sun, 01 Jul 2018 16:29:29 +0200

Thousands of people gathered in Paris on Sunday to pay their final respects to Holocaust survivor and women's rights icon Simone Veil as she was given the rare honour of burial at the Panthéon a year and a day after she died.

France's National Front suspends top official over Holocaust denial

Thu, 16 Mar 2017 10:00:32 +0100

France's far-right National Front (FN) party suspended its top official in the southeastern city of Nice on Wednesday after he was secretly filmed denying the extent of the Holocaust.

Germany probes former SS men over French massacre

Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:50:17 +0100

German authorities said on Friday they had carried out raids at the homes of elderly former SS soldiers accused of war crimes, including involvement in a 1944 civilian massacre in France.

Anne Frank diary to go online amid legal row

Thu, 31 Dec 2015 12:38:55 +0100

An academic and a French MP have announced plans to publish online the famous diary of Anne Frank, with the organisation holding publication rights threatening legal action.

France compensates US Holocaust victims

Wed, 04 Nov 2015 10:53:05 +0100

France will pay $60 million to mainly American victims of the Holocaust who were transported by train from France to Nazi death camps during World War II, an affair that nearly cost French state rail company SNCF its US contracts.

Holocaust: France backs $60m compensation

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:16:04 +0200

French MPs on Wednesday approved a landmark deal with the United States in which France agreed to pay $60 million in overall compensation to foreign nationals deported to Nazi death camps on French trains in World War II.

Holocaust: France to pay US victims $60 million

Fri, 05 Dec 2014 18:00:00 +0100

France is to pay $60 million to compensate American victims of the Holocaust who were transported to Nazi death camps on French trains after a landmark deal was sealed, a French diplomat announced.

US wants swift deal with SNCF over Nazi trains

Thu, 10 Apr 2014 11:29:55 +0200

The US State Department on Wednesday said it hoped to be able to reach a deal quickly with France to compensate victims of French rail firm SNCF for the deportation of Jews in World War II.

Holocaust: US fight for SNCF reparation goes on

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:50:00 +0100

Families of Holocaust victims in the US continued their fight this week to force France's state owned rail firm SNCF to pay compensation over its role in transporting Jews to Nazi death camps. US lawmakers are threatening to derail an SNCF bid for a major public contract.

France in US talks over Holocaust compensation

Sat, 22 Feb 2014 12:17:00 +0100

France and the US are in talks over compensation to American Holocaust victims that were transported to their deaths by France's state-owned rail company, a lawyer involved in the negotiations has said.

Map plots French Jewish children taken by Nazis

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:36:00 +0100

A new interactive online map has helped visualize the horror of the Holocaust for French Jews by marking the address of every one of the 11,458 Jewish children deported from France between July 1942 and August 1944.

SNCF faces ban in US over Holocaust role

Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:19:00 +0100

France's state-owned rail company SNCF faces the prospect of being barred from bidding for a €4.4 billion project in the US because of its role in transporting Jews to concentration camps during World War Two.

France 'come to terms' with Holocaust role

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:10:00 +0200

France has finally come to terms with its role in the deportation of thousands of Jews to Nazi death camps, President François Hollande said Friday as he inaugurated a new Holocaust memorial centre.

Lyon Rabbi sent Holocaust photo threat

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:39:49 +0200

French anti-terrorist authorities have been alerted after the Chief Rabbi of Lyon was sent a threatening letter accompanied by images of Jewish children being marched to World War II concentration camps.

Survivors demand right to sue over Holocaust 'death trains'

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:14:00 +0100

Aged Holocaust survivors made impassioned pleas to the US Congress on Wednesday to allow them to sue France's state-owned SNCF railway over its role in World War II deportations to Nazi death camps.

US high court turns down WWII French rail case

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:32:00 +0200

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal against French railways firm SNCF over its role in deporting Jews during World War II, blocking descendants of deportees from suing in US courts.