Manhattan elected officials spent part of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday renewing a call to remove the names of two French Nazi collaborators who are honored with granite markers in the Financial District's Canyon of Heroes.
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine joined advocates and descendants of Holocaust survivors on Friday to call on the mayor to plaques commemorating Henri Philippe Pétain and Pierre Laval, who led the French Vichy government that worked closely with the Nazis during World War II and participated in the deportation of Jews.
“It is unacceptable that in a city home to 1 million Jews, thousands of whom are themselves Holocaust survivors — this is the largest community of Holocaust survivors on earth outside of Israel — it is unacceptable that these two men would occupy a place of honor here,” Levine said at the press conference.
Pétain was a prominent French general during World War I, who served as head of the Vichy regime. Laval was prime minister of France during the first World War and continued to serve in leading roles under Pétain’s Vichy France. The Canyon of Heroes stretches over Broadway in Manhattan with a plaque for every ticker tape parade that New York City has ever thrown. Pétain and Laval were honored with parades in 1930 and 1931 for their roles in World War I.
After the Vichy government was dissolved, Pétain and Laval were condemned by the French government. Pétain was tried for and convicted of treason, and died in prison. Laval was sentenced to death for plotting with the enemy, and was executed.
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