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France's Macron to mark 80th anniversary of WWII round-up of Jews 

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File photo: French President Emmanuel Macron (C) talks with former Nazi hunter Serge (L) and Beate (R) Klarsfeld after they payed hommage at a memorial to Jews deported during World War II in Vichy, central France, on December 8, 2021,

French President Emmanuel Macron will on Sunday mark the 80th anniversary of the wartime round-up of Jews in France at a former railway station used to deport them to Auschwitz. With him at Pithiviers station, 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of Paris, will be some of the handful of the survivors of those deported on the eight convoys sent to the Nazi camp. Macron's speech will express his concern over the enduring threat of anti-semitism, which "still lurks and sometimes in an insidious way", said an official from his office. He will denounce "historical revisionism" -- in particular over the role of France's war-time leader Philippe Petain, who collaborated with the Nazi regime, the official added. Also at ceremony will be historian and renowned Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld, as well as a survivor of the camps, Ginette Kolinka. The head of France's rail network, Jean-Pierre Farandou, will also attend. Macron is expected at the former station of Pithiviers at around 3:00 pm (1300 GMT).  The building, which has not served passengers since the end of the 1960, has been converted into a memorial to the Holocaust which opened earlier this month. "This station is the place where the...


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