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Maurice Papon ( French pronunciation: [mɔʁis papɔ̃, moʁ-]; 3 September 1910 – 17 February 2007) was a French civil servant and Nazi collaborator who was convicted of crimes against humanity committed during the occupation of France. Papon led the police in major prefectures from the 1930s to the 1960s, before he became a Gaullist politician.
- Civil servant
- Raymond Barre
Maurice Arthur Jean Papon was born in Gretz, a town east of Paris in the Seine-et-Marne district, on Sept. 3, 1910. He was the third child of a local notable who saw to it that his only son went ...
Feb 19, 2007 · Sun 18 Feb 2007 19.12 EST. In 1981, Maurice Papon, who has died aged 96, was the minister for the budget in the administration of Prime Minister Raymond Barre, when his role in the deportation of ...
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Maurice Papon, who died in 2007, was the only Vichy France official to be convicted for his role in the deportation of Jews during World War Two. According to historian Jean-Luc Einaudi, a specialist on the massacre, some of the causes of the violent repression of the 17 October 1961 demonstration can best be understood in terms of the composition of the French police force itself, which still ...
- 17 October 1961; 61 years ago
- Pont Saint-Michel
- 200–300 (estimate)
Jul 16, 2021 · Maurice Papon was that connection. The revelations that the same man was responsible for sending Jews to their death and, twenty years later, for drowning Algerians in the Seine, rocked France. Papon served in various police positions for three decades starting in the 1930s, including through the Vichy years.
Feb 18, 2007 · Sat 17 Feb 2007 19.23 EST. Maurice Papon, the only French Nazi collaborator to be convicted for his role in the deportation of Jews during the second world war, died in a private clinic in Paris ...
Feb 18, 2007 · Maurice Papon, the former Vichy official who fled France 12 days ago rather than face prison for his role in sending 1,590 Jews to Nazi concentration camps, was yesterday extradited by Switzerland
