Klaus Barbie, a Nazi SS officer and Lyon Gestapo chief, was convicted of crimes against humanity in France in 1987 after a long pursuit.
France is honoring Marc Bloch, the Jewish historian and World War II resistance fighter, at Paris's Panthéon. The ceremony underscores Bloch’s courage and his role in preserving republican values and secularism, as Macron frames his legacy amid a polarized political landscape.