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Simone Veil

July 5, 2017 in Modern Worthies

Simone Veil

The Holocaust Survivor Who Became a French Minister

Veil, who died last week, was a fierce lawyer, a Holocaust survivor, and the first woman elected as president of the European Parliament.

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