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One of the last taboos -- France opens Vichy regime files

2018-07-11T20:15:14Z

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An August 1944 portrait shows Francois de Menthon, the minister of justice in the provisional government of France under General Charles de Gaulle; de Menthon led oversaw the trials of Marshal Philippe P�tain and other members of the Vichy regime � AFP/File Paris (AFP) - France's decision to open up archives from its World War II collaboration with Nazi occupiers is being seen as breaking one of the last [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] taboos that has poisoned debate about the era for years. "This brings an end to the fear of scandal. We are taking responsibility and we will have a better understanding of the issues," said Gilles Morin, a historian who heads the association of users of national archives. From this week, the government has opened up the police and justice [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] archives from 1940 to 1944 when the Vichy regime, led by Philippe Petain, collaborated with the invading German army. While the Nazis occupied the north of France, Petain -- a hero of World War I -- led so-called Vichy France in the centre and the south of the country, with its headquarters in the genteel city of the same name. Despite having autonomy from German policies, Petain passed legislation that saw Jews -- around 150,000 of whom had fled to the south believing it to be safer -- subjected to severe discrimination similar to that in the [http://photobucket.com/images/Nazi-occupied Nazi-occupied] north. Advertisement

Holocaust survivor who tended to Anne Frank dies aged 95

2018-06-21T14:01:33Z

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Gena Turgel, a Holocaust survivor who [http://Www.Lifebeyondtourism.org/?header_search=comforted comforted] diarist Anne Frank at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp months before its liberation, has died at the age of 95. Britain�s chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, said Ms Turgel died on Thursday. The Holocaust Educational Trust said Ms [http://Www.Google.com/search?q=Turgel%20dedicated&btnI=lucky Turgel dedicated] her life to sharing her story of surviving the Jewish ghetto in Krakow, Poland and the German Nazi camps at Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Bergen-Belsen. The Queen and Gena Turgel [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] It was in a hospital at Bergen-Belsen that Ms [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] Turgel cared for Anne Frank as the teenager was dying of [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] typhus. She once told the BBC: �I washed her face, gave her water to drink, and I can still see that face, her hair and how she looked.� After the Second World War, Ms Turgel married one of the camp�s British liberators, Norman Turgel, earning her the nickname �The Bride of Belsen�. Advertisement

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2018-06-21T14:01:26Z

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