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France high court clears path for Papon war crimes trial
In a landmark ruling France's Court of Cassation voided the final appeal of Maurice Papon, the former Vichy police official, paving the way for a trial likely this fall. The case centers on deportation orders that led to 1,690 French Jews' deaths during 1942 to 1944 and marks the first broad reckoning of Vichy collaboration in postwar France.
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ARIS
Michel Slutinsky
Maurice Papon
France
Papon
Slutinsky
Europe 1 Radio
Michel Pericard
Rally For the Republic Party
Vichy
Bordeaux
Paul Touvier
Lyon
Rene Bousquet
Jean-Marc Varant
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Slitinsky
Maurice-David Matisson
Francois Mitterrand