Created by Tom Horn on 13 Apr 2010, Last Update on 13 Apr 2010

Laval becomes Vichy PM - 18 Apr 1942

Pierre Laval becomes the prime minister of Vichy France. While in office Laval signed orders permitting the deportation of Jews to extermination camps. After the war he was convicted of high treason and executed.

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Tags : France,Domestic,Holocaust,Europe

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