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Maurice Papon

Maurice Papon was a French civil servant, industrial leader and Gaullist politician, who was convicted for crimes against humanity for his participation in the deportation of over 1600 Jews during World War II when he was secretary general for police of the Prefecture of Bordeaux.Papon also participated in torture during the Algerian War as prefect of the Constantinois...

Timeline of Events

1961

10.17.1961

Scores of Algerian protesters (some claim up to 400) are massacred by the Paris police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Prefecture of Police.

1962

2.8.1962

Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.

1999

10.22.1999

Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.