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France Set for Most Feral Right-Wing Regime Since the Nazis

‘CIVIL WAR’

Violence is in the air as Marine Le Pen’s National Rally threatens to win national elections, which the president says could spark “civil war.”

A. Craig Copetas | Published Jun 29, 2024

The Nazi Hunter Taking On Mark Zuckerberg

NEVER AGAIN

Serge Klarsfeld has spent his life pursuing Nazis. Now, he’s teamed up with a number of other Holocaust activists and survivors to combat Facebook’s support of Holocaust denialism.

Marlow Stern | Published Jul 30, 2020

Oliver to France: ‘Don’t F*ck Up, Too’

TRUMP 2.0

The ‘Last Week Tonight’ host railed against the xenophobic, Holocaust-qualifying French candidate for president.

Marlow Stern | Published Apr 17, 2017

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Marine Le Pen’s Revisionist Holocaust

Sins of the Father

She’s not denying the Holocaust, just obscuring the role of French collaborators. Marine Le Pen needs a history lesson, and she just might get it at the polls.

Erin Zaleski | Published Apr 11, 2017

Took on Nazis Wearing Only Her Pearls

CLOAK & DAGGER

After seducing her way into the Vichy Embassy, could Betty Pack pull off one of the greatest heists of World War II?

Howard Blum | Published Jul 04, 2016

She Seduced the French to Get Nazi Codes

CLOAK & DAGGER

Time and again, Betty Pack used the bedroom to get secrets out of Axis officials. To steal codes from the Vichy, an expert in seduction would be the Allies’ greatest weapon.

Howard Blum | Published Jul 03, 2016

New Charlie Hebdo Book Blames Victims

The Extremes

An inane essay by a radical left-wing French writer claims supporters of Charlie Hebdo are essentially Islamophobic fascists.

Benjamin Haddad | Published Oct 17, 2015

France Honors Women … Finally

The Pantheon is getting two more women to add to its ranks of national greats—bringing the tally to a grand total of four heroines in the entire mausoleum.

Katie Baker | Published Feb 22, 2014

Pink Floyd’s Nazi slur of Israel

Roger Waters

The long-time Pink Floyd frontman has capped decades of anti-Israeli rhetoric by comparing the Middle Eastern democracy to Vichy France and Nazi Germany.

Ben Jacobs | Published Dec 16, 2013

WWII’s Strangest Battle

After the Downfall

For one time only, Germans and Allies fought together in WWII. Andrew Roberts on a story so wild that it has to be made into a movie.

AD BY The Daily Beast | Published May 12, 2013

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