Le Procès de Paul Touvier

Paul Touvier, a former Vichy militiaman sentenced to death in 1947 for war crimes, escaped justice thanks to the support of the Church and the statute of limitations in 1967. In 1973, he obt... Read allPaul Touvier, a former Vichy militiaman sentenced to death in 1947 for war crimes, escaped justice thanks to the support of the Church and the statute of limitations in 1967. In 1973, he obtained a presidential pardon from Pompidou, but an investigation reopened the case for crim... Read allPaul Touvier, a former Vichy militiaman sentenced to death in 1947 for war crimes, escaped justice thanks to the support of the Church and the statute of limitations in 1967. In 1973, he obtained a presidential pardon from Pompidou, but an investigation reopened the case for crimes against humanity, for which there is no statute of limitations. Hunted down, he was arr... Read all