FRENCH COURT ORDERS AMERICAN COUPLE TO RETURN PISSARRO PAINTING TO JEWISH HEIRS

The Bauer family kept searching, but lost the trail of Picking Peas for half a century... READ MORE›

IN FRANCE, A 1961 MASSACRE LOOMS LARGE BEHIND A CONTROVERSIAL NEW LAW

In landmark terrorism trial, France confronts roots of homegrown extremism French opposition protests Macron's new labor laws Today's coverage from Post correspondents around the world... READ MORE›

IS AMERICA READY FOR CHARLIE HEBDO? FRENCH WEEKLY LAUNCHES A U.S. PROJECT.

The co-editor of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, Laurent Sourisseau, nicknamed Riss, poses on June 30, 2015, in Paris... READ MORE›

MARCHERS FILL STREETS OF PARIS IN PROTEST AT NEW WORK RULES

Mr Macron, for his part, says the decrees are crucial to creating jobs and tackling France's chronic high unemployment... READ MORE›

FRANCE'S NATIONAL FRONT LOST BIG IN THE LAST TWO ELECTIONS. NOW THE FAR-RIGHT PARTY IS IN CHAOS.

Then-National Front vice president Florian Philippot top and party leader Marine Le Pen attended a rally in Lyon, France, in February... READ MORE›

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U.S. DETAINS AND NEARLY DEPORTS FRENCH HOLOCAUST HISTORIAN

PARIS -- Henry Rousso is one of France's most preeminent scholars and public intellectuals... READ MORE›

FRANCE 'NOT RESPONSIBLE' FOR DEPORTING JEWS DURING HOLOCAUST

Marine Le Pen France 'not responsible' for deporting Jews during Holocaust... READ MORE›

MARINE LE PEN DENIES FRENCH GUILT FOR ROUNDING UP JEWS

If there was responsibility, it is with those who were in power at the time, it is not with France... READ MORE›

RENOWNED FRENCH HISTORIAN DETAINED FOR 10 HOURS BY US CUSTOMS OFFICIALS

A French historian was detained for 10 hours by US customs officials this week while on his way to an academic conference in Texas... READ MORE›

THE DARK HISTORY AT THE HEART OF THE FRENCH ELECTION

Approximately 76,000 Jews were deported from France to the Nazi concentration camps during World War II... READ MORE›

LE PEN AIDE IS FIRED OVER HOLOCAUST COMMENTS

Mr. Aliot said that Steeve Briois, the mayor of Henin-Beaumont, a National Front stronghold in northern France, would replace Mr. Jalkh... READ MORE›

FRENCH VOTERS FACE CHOICE BETWEEN HOPE AND FEAR IN RUNOFF FOR PRESIDENCY

Centrist Macron and far-right Le Pen offer starkly different visions, but Macron may win because voters fear the alternative... READ MORE›

FRANCE'S NATIONAL FRONT FORCED TO REPLACE PARTY LEADER WHO DENIED NAZIS USED POISON GAS

PARIS -- Once again, allegations of Holocaust denial have landed on the doorstep of France's far-right National Front... READ MORE›

FRANCOIS FILLON ATTACKS 'PARIS ELITE' BEFORE SECOND-ROUND PRIMARY

Francois fillon beats alain juppe in presidential candidacy debate... READ MORE›

ECHOES OF COLONIAL CONFLICT IN ALGERIA REVERBERATE IN FRENCH POLITICS

The Algerian war was a French civil war, Benjamin Stora, the conflict's foremost historian, said in a recent interview from his home in Paris... READ MORE›

AT A PARIS EXHIBIT OF NAZI-LOOTED ART, FEARS FOR EUROPE RUN HIGH AGAIN

More than 70 years after the end of World War II, the story of the Nazi assault on European art -- Jewish-owned or otherwise -- is well-known... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS | MARINE LE PEN WANTS TO BE FRANCE'S FUTURE. BUT CAN SHE ESCAPE THE PAST?

The stigma of the National Front's connections to Nazi apologists, Vichy sympathizers and other extreme reactionaries enveloped Le Pen and his party for years... READ MORE›

WHAT MACRON'S VICTORY MEANS FOR EUROPE AND THE WORLD?

But the truth is that the victory of the pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron is a very big deal... READ MORE›

MACRON RESTATES FRANCE'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR WWII ROUNDUP OF JEWS

I reject the notions of those who claim that Vichy was not France, he continued... READ MORE›

NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON HAS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM

Europe's leaders particularly welcomed the presence in France of a passionate pro-European leader such as Macron... READ MORE›

NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON HAS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM

Europe's leaders particularly welcomed the presence in France of a passionate pro-European leader such as Macron... READ MORE›

LE PEN READY TO BE 'CRUCIFIED' FOR FRANCE AS SHE SLIDES IN POLLS

At a rally in the village of Pageas in central France on Thursday, Le Pen's nervousness was visible... READ MORE›

MARINE LE PEN ACCUSES FRENCH GOVERNMENT OF PERSECUTION

Le Pen's remarks in 2010 came while she was campaigning to take over the party's leadership from her father and FN founder, Jean-Marie Le Pen... READ MORE›

MARINE LE PEN FENDS OFF NAZI GAS CHAMBER ROW TO SAVAGE MACRON

I will support Marine Le Pen, I will campaign with her on an enlarged government project, said Nicolas Dupont-Aignan of Debout La France France Stand Up ... READ MORE›

FRANCE AGREES TO GIVE $60M TO HOLOCAUST DEPORTEES

Fund announced Friday reparations to those deported by France's state rail company SNCF during the Nazi occupation... READ MORE›

JEAN-MARIE LE PEN WINS THIRD LEGAL VICTORY AGAINST DAUGHTER MARINE

Separately, the Front National is appealing against the court ruling that annulled Jean-Marie Le Pen's suspension from the party... READ MORE›

RIVESALTES JOURNAL MEMORIAL FOR FRANCES UNDESIRABLES ECHOES DEBATE OVER MIGRANTS

The camp is a stark reminder of the Vichy government's collaboration with Nazi Germany... READ MORE›

THIS NAZI-ERA ARCHIVE HAS BROUGHT PEOPLE TO TEARS NOW IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

This Oct. 24, 1940 file photo shows Adolf Hitler, right, shaking hands with Head of State of Vichy France Marshall Philippe Petain in occupied France... READ MORE›

I WOULD WANT TO GO BACK TO 1942

Miss Sabatini's desire to relive one of Europe's bloodiest years triggered a barrage of satire online... READ MORE›

FRANCE'S DARK NAZI HISTORY COLOURS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

Aliot said Jalkh will be replaced as party leader by Steeve Briois, mayor of Le Pen's electoral fiefdom of Henin-Beaumont in depressed northern France... READ MORE›

AUSTRIAN NAZI RESISTANCE HEROINE DIES, AGE 95

VIENNA Irma Schwager an Austrian heroine of the anti-Nazi resistance has died at age 95 Austria's communist party said Monday... READ MORE›

JEAN-MARIE LE PEN CHARGED OVER APPARENT ANTI-SEMITIC PUN

The founder of France's far-right National Front party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, has been charged with inciting hatred for alleged anti-Semitic remarks in 2014, his lawyer said Saturday... READ MORE›

ARCHIVE UNVEILING SHEDS LIGHT ON SPYING BY ALL SIDES IN WWII FRANCE

The documents, stored for years in the archives at the medieval castle of Vincennes, east of Paris, have not been explored by historians until recently... READ MORE›

FAR-RIGHT CANDIDATE LE PEN BEDEVILED BY FRANCE'S NAZI HISTORY

Yves Jean, president of the University of Poitiers in western France, is rallying students to vote against Le Pen... READ MORE›

The attacks followed bloody episodes ascribed to so-called lone wolf assailants in London last year, in Canada in October and in Sydney, Australia, last week... READ MORE›