Xavier Vallat (July 7, 1891 - January 6, 1972), French politician, was Commissioner-General for Jewish Questions in the wartime Vichy collaborationist government, and was sentenced after World War II to ten years in prison for his part in the persecution of French Jews.
Read more about Xavier Vallat: Until World War II, Vichy France, After The War
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