The umbrella group representing France’s 750,000 Jews expressed outrage at a petition signed by two former prime ministers and other senior figures calling for the early release of a jailed Nazi-era war criminal. Former premiers Pierre Messmer and Raymond Barre were among signatories to a petition sent to President Jacques Chirac urging that Maurice Papon, 90, be released on grounds of age and his frail condition.
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