A Paris hospital canceled a ceremony honoring a leading diabetes researcher after finding out that he was a known anti-Semite. The Hotel Dieu hospital in Paris had been scheduled to unveil a plaque and bust honoring Nicolae Paulescu, a former intern at the hospital who became one of the founders of the Romanian fascist organization National Christian Defense League, a precursor to the notorious Iron Guard.
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