Former prisoner of Nazi camps Simone veil was buried in the Paris Pantheon
Uncategorized July 5, 2017
Survivors in Auschwitz former prisoner of concentration camps, Simone Weil, who died June 30 at age 89, will be buried in the Pantheon – this was stated by the President of France Emmanuel macron at the farewell ceremony with outstanding compatriot, reports TASS.
Husband of Simone veil also needs to rest in the Pantheon, said macron.
Ceremony of farewell c a human rights activist and member of the French Academy was held on 5 July at the Paris House of invalids. It among others was attended by the former President of France – Nicolas Sarkozy, françois Hollande and former Prime Minister Francois Fillon.
Simone Weil passed away on June 30, before they reach their 90th anniversary two weeks. According to the latest polls, she was voted the most popular French. In 1944 her family was arrested and sent to German concentration camps, perished in Auschwitz with her mother, but Simon has survived. In other Nazi camps killed her father and brother.
Weyl was a lawyer and politician, served twice as Minister of health of France, was the centrist of the party “Union for French democracy” has achieved a liberalization of the use of oral contraceptives and legalization of abortion.
The Pantheon is the tomb of outstanding historical figures of France. In it are buried the philosophers Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the writers Victor Hugo, Alexander Dumas (father), Nobel laureates in physics Pierre & Marie Curie, hero of the anti-fascist Resistance Jean Moulin.