A former French justice minister called for freeing convicted French Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon. “He is an old man. In my eyes, there is no point keeping him in prison, at his age,” said Robert Badinter, a Jew whose father died in a Nazi concentration camp.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.