And then he'd been--he was Jewish, and he was fired from his post in Strasbourg, under Vichy, that is the collaboration government of World War Two, because he was Jewish.

然后他去了--他是犹太人,他在斯特拉斯堡被解聘了,被维西政府,就是二战时候的法奸政府,因为他是犹太人

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Historian Max Ferro said Mitterrand was not alone in feeling torn by his role in the Vichy government.

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Born in a suburb of Algiers, Jacques was expelled from his school at the age of 12 because of the Vichy government's racial laws.

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His role in France's pro-Nazi Vichy government is again being scrutinized.

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