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| French Holocaust role recognised | French Holocaust role recognised |
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| France's highest court has recognised the state's "responsibility" for the deportation of Jews in World War II. | France's highest court has recognised the state's "responsibility" for the deportation of Jews in World War II. |
| The Council of State said the state had permitted or facilitated deportations that led to anti-Semitic persecution without being coerced by the occupiers. | The Council of State said the state had permitted or facilitated deportations that led to anti-Semitic persecution without being coerced by the occupiers. |
| But the council also found reparations had since been made "as much as was possible, for all the losses suffered". | But the council also found reparations had since been made "as much as was possible, for all the losses suffered". |
| Correspondents say the ruling is the clearest such recognition of the French state's role in the Holocaust. | Correspondents say the ruling is the clearest such recognition of the French state's role in the Holocaust. |
| Between 1942 and 1944 some 76,000 Jews were deported from France by the Vichy government in collaboration with the German occupying army. | |
| In 1995, former French President Jacques Chirac officially recognised the French state's responsibility in the deportation of French Jews, putting an end to decades of ambiguity by successive governments. | |
| "These dark hours forever sully our history and are an insult to our past and our traditions," he said. "Yes, the criminal folly of the occupiers was seconded by the French, by the French state." |