Henri Amouroux

Henri Amouroux 1 July 1920 in Périgueux Dordogne 5 August 2007 in Le MesnilMauger was a French historian and journalist Amouroux was born in the French city of Périgueux on 1 July 1920 After studying at the ECJ he began his career as a journalist during World War II and joined a French Resistance group based in Bordeaux group JadeAmicol He was awarded Croix de guerre 19391945 Amouroux wrote several books on the German occupation of France during his life especially a tenvolume La Grande Histoire des Français sous lOccupation The Full History of the French under the Occupation published from 1976 to 1993 He later worked for several French newspaper France Soir radio France Inter and television TF1 stations Amouroux was called to testify on behalf of Maurice Papon in 1997 who was on trial in France for his role in the deportation of Jews during the German occupation of France and Vichy collaboration His testimony was used to counter American historian Robert O Paxtons version of the Vichy France period during World War II His testimony was criticized mostly by lawyers representing Jewish Holocaust victims who accused Amouroux of being an apologist for Papon and Vichy Frances collaboration with the Nazis Amouroux denied all charges and MRAPs lawyer Gérard Boulanger was convicted for defamation in 1997 Amouroux was a member of the Institut de France and served as president of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques He died in 2007 in Normandy at the age of 87 and was buried in the Gironde region of France Source Article Henri Amouroux from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30