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Paul Touvier | |
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Born | Paul Claude Marie Touvier 3 April 1915 |
Died | 17 July 1996 | (aged 81)
Nationality | French |
Other names | Paul Berthet |
Conviction(s) | Crimes against humanity |
Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment (1994) |
Career | |
Allegiance | ![]()
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Service/ | Milice |
Years of service | 1943–1945 |
Spouse(s) | Monique Berthet (m. 1947-1996; his death) |
Children | 2 |
Paul Claude Marie Touvier (3 April 1915 – 17 July 1996) was a French Nazi collaborator during World War II in Occupied France. In 1994, he became the first Frenchman ever convicted of crimes against humanity,[1] for his participation in the Holocaust under Vichy France.