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NYC plaques honoring antisemitic war criminals are an abomination             

JL;DR SUMMARY In light of the upcoming International Holocaust Remembrance Day, there's a renewed call to remove plaques in New York City honoring Philippe Pétain and Pierre Laval, leaders of the Vichy regime that collaborated with the Nazis during World War II. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryJewish CommunityNew York CityHolocaust EducationHolocaust Remembrance DayVichy RegimePhilippe PétainPolitical AccountabilityPierre Laval

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New York City, New York, United States
"As International Holocaust Remembrance Day approaches next week, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, City Council Speaker Julie Menin and Comptroller Mark Levine have a golden opportunity to join together and put an end to the memorialization of two odious French World War II war criminals on the sidewalks of lower Manhattan."
France
"Marshal Philippe Ptain and Pierre Laval were, respectively, the French chief of state and the head of the Vichy regime from 1940 until 1944."
Hometown: Battery Park City , New York, United States
"she launched a program that is now universal where were bringing every 8th grade public school student [in New York City] to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park City to go to the Holocaust exhibition, to see the artifacts, to hear the story, to see with their own eyes."
Nice, New York, United States
"Anti-Jewish measures in the unoccupied zone are said to have aroused violent opposition at Nice, Marseille and Lyon, where the population formed protective cordons around intended victims, shouting abuse at the police."
Marseille, New York, United States
"Anti-Jewish measures in the unoccupied zone are said to have aroused violent opposition at Nice, Marseille and Lyon, where the population formed protective cordons around intended victims, shouting abuse at the police."
Lyon, New York, United States
"Anti-Jewish measures in the unoccupied zone are said to have aroused violent opposition at Nice, Marseille and Lyon, where the population formed protective cordons around intended victims, shouting abuse at the police."

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