Chirac honors French who rescued Jews from Holocaust
President Jacques Chirac honored nearly 3,000 French people who rescued Jews from the Nazis, in a ceremony at the Pantheon in central Paris on Thursday.
It is the first such formal tribute to the group, known as the "righteous of France." Chirac - who 12 years ago became France's first president to recognize the French government's role in the mass deportation of Jews during the Holocaust - also extended the tribute to those anonymous French nationals who risked their lives to save Jews. (AP)
