A French panel is planning to issue a long-awaited report on Jewish assets seized under the nation’s wartime Vichy regime. The Matteoli Commission, a panel of prominent officials, historians and Jewish community representatives, was expected to hand over the 3,000-page report to Prime Minister Lionel Jospin on Monday.
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