https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday vowed that everything would be done to find out who defaced a memorial for one of the worst single massacres in France by the Nazis during World War II. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200822/outrage-in-france-after-nazi-massacre-memorial-defaced Sat, 22 Aug 2020 22:39:33 +0200 outrage-in-france-after-nazi-massacre-memorial-defaced The French government said there will be no official French homage to Nazi collaborator Philippe Petain at World War I ceremonies this week, after President Emmanuel Macron drew fire for calling the Vichy leader a "great soldier". https://www.thelocal.fr/20181108/france-cancels-homage-to-nazi-collaborator-petain-after-outcry Thu, 08 Nov 2018 13:43:08 +0100 france-cancels-homage-to-nazi-collaborator-petain-after-outcry President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that it was "absolutely legitimate" that France honours the role of Marshal Philippe Pétain for being a "great soldier" in World War One even if he did go on to collaborate with the Nazis in the Second World War before being jailed for treason. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181107/macron-pays-tribute-to-frances-nazi-collaborator-petain-for-his-role-in-world-war-one Wed, 07 Nov 2018 17:40:12 +0100 macron-pays-tribute-to-frances-nazi-collaborator-petain-for-his-role-in-world-war-one France's most famous Nazi hunters, Serge Klarsfeld and his German wife Beate, received top honours in a ceremony led by French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181009/nazi-hunters-serge-and-beate-klarsfeld-receive-top-french-honours Tue, 09 Oct 2018 10:05:03 +0200 nazi-hunters-serge-and-beate-klarsfeld-receive-top-french-honours France will return three paintings by the Flemish master Joachim Patinir Monday to the descendants of a Jewish family who were forced to sell them as they fled the Nazis. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180212/france-hands-back-nazi-looted-art-to-jewish-family Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:33:00 +0100 france-hands-back-nazi-looted-art-to-jewish-family A new documentary about the scale of Nazi medical experiments has reopened old wounds in France as one of the country's leading universities investigates whether its stores still contain the remains of some Jewish victims. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180203/french-uni-may-still-be-storing-jewish-skeletons-documentary Sat, 03 Feb 2018 11:14:21 +0100 french-uni-may-still-be-storing-jewish-skeletons-documentary A French court on Tuesday ordered the return of a painting by impressionist master Camille Pissarro to the family of a Jewish art collector dispossessed during World War II. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171107/french-court-returns-wwii-looted-pissarro-painting-to-owners-family Tue, 07 Nov 2017 17:11:32 +0100 french-court-returns-wwii-looted-pissarro-painting-to-owners-family 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. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150625/france-backs-compensation-nazi-death-camps Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:16:04 +0200 france-backs-compensation-nazi-death-camps A Norwegian art museum on Friday returned a precious Matisse painting looted by the Nazis in the Second World War to the American heirs of the French art dealer Paul Rosenberg. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140321/norway-gallery-returns-matisse-nazi-seized-in-war Fri, 21 Mar 2014 19:59:00 +0100 norway-gallery-returns-matisse-nazi-seized-in-war The French military has removed a picture from an army website in which one of its soldiers deployed in the Central African Republic was sporting an insignia with a Nazi slogan and said he will be suspended as soon as he is identified. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131221/french-army-to-suspend-nazi-slogan-soldier Sat, 21 Dec 2013 11:57:00 +0100 french-army-to-suspend-nazi-slogan-soldier Joachim Gauck and his French counterpart Francois Hollande will make a historic visit on Wednesday to a ghost village in west-central France where 642 people were massacred by Nazi soldiers in one of the worst atrocities during World War II. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130901/german-president-to-visit-french-nazi-site Sun, 01 Sep 2013 18:04:00 +0200 german-president-to-visit-french-nazi-site A decision by an EU parliament committee on Wednesday increased the prospect of France's far right leader, Marine le Pen, facing prosecution for previous remarks she made likening Islamic prayers to the Nazi occupation https://www.thelocal.fr/20130620/far-rights-le-pen-faces-prospect-of-prosecution Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:06:17 +0200 far-rights-le-pen-faces-prospect-of-prosecution A dog-owner in the south of France was given a jail sentence for setting his dogs, one named "Adolf", on a neighbour, a Frenchman of North African origins, it was reported this week. The accused is said to have shouted “Get the Arabs!” before unleashing his mutts. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130529/frenchman-sets-pet-dog-adolf-on-arab-neighbour Wed, 29 May 2013 16:43:00 +0200 frenchman-sets-pet-dog-adolf-on-arab-neighbour France vowed on Monday to step up efforts to return works of art stolen from Jews by the Nazis to the families of their rightful owners. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130318/france-to-up-efforts-to-return-artwork-stolen-by-nazis Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:01:00 +0100 france-to-up-efforts-to-return-artwork-stolen-by-nazis