Relatives of Holocaust victims staged a protest in Paris to demand that the Legion of Honor be stripped from Maurice Papon. Papon received the award, among France’s highest civilian decorations, several times during his postwar career as Paris police chief and French budget minister. He was found guilty in April of complicity in crimes against humanity and sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the deportation of Jews from southwest France between 1942 and 1944. He will not serve his sentence until all his appeals are exhausted.
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