The text discusses Lon Blum, a significant figure in French history who served as Prime Minister three times, was a socialist activist, and bravely opposed the pro-Nazi Vichy regime.

Eric Zemmour's failed presidential campaign highlighted a ongoing debate in France over the country's role in the Holocaust and collaboration with the Vichy regime.

"Memories of Morocco", edited by Joseph Chetrit, Jane S. Gerber, and Drora Arussy, explores the Jewish experience in Morocco.

The Forward published an investigative project documenting the presence of monuments worldwide to individuals involved in the Holocaust, such as Philippe Ptain in Canada and Roman Shukhevych in Edmonton, who were Nazi collaborators responsible for atrocities against Jews and others during World War II.

During the Holocaust, North African Jews faced discrimination and persecution under French and Italian racial laws, economic disenfranchisement, and internment in camps.

During World War II, French Jews played a significant role in the Resistance in France.

Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher known for deconstruction, was not easily categorized as a Jewish thinker despite his Algerian Jewish heritage.