LE FIGARO. - François Mauriac prophesied that “
a trial like this will never be closed and will never finish being argued
…
Julian JACKSON. -
Indeed, for fifty years the trial continued.
Isorni, Pétain's flamboyant young lawyer, pleaded all his life.
But today I think that the trial is closed in the sense that almost no one is defending Marshal Pétain anymore.
Marine Le Pen chose to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the appeal of June 18 on the island of Sein, not that of the anniversary of Pétain's death on the island of Yeu.
During the deliberation of the verdict, the oldest of the jurors, Georges Lévy-Alphandery, declared that having been born in Alsace he was inclined to severity, because Pétain did nothing to prevent the annexation of his native homeland, but in as a Jew he is grateful to him for the protection he offered the Jews. What does this say about the perception of the issue of Jewish deportation at the time
?
It's very surprising indeed.
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