Tags: EU | France | Obit | Veil

Clarification: France-Obit-Veil Story

Monday, 17 July 2017 12:37 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — In the June 30 obituary for French political icon Simone Veil, The Associated Press reported that a Polish woman who helped run the Nazi camp at Auschwitz helped Veil when she was a prisoner there. The story should have made clear that the Polish woman was a prisoner herself and was one of the inmates made to work as functionaries there.

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In the June 30 obituary for French political icon Simone Veil, The Associated Press reported that a Polish woman who helped run the Nazi camp at Auschwitz helped Veil when she was a prisoner there. The story should have made clear that the Polish woman was a prisoner...
EU,France,Obit,Veil
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2017-37-17
Monday, 17 July 2017 12:37 PM
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