A French court has fined an 85-year-old supporter of Marshal Philippe Pétain after he publicly claimed that the wartime leader had “saved” Jews during the Second World War, in a ruling that has reignited debate in France over historical revisionism and the legacy of the Vichy regime. Jacques Boncompain, president of an association dedicated to defending the memory of Pétain, was sentenced by the criminal court in Verdun to a €5,000 fine for the …
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