La mémoire de la collaboration et des crimes de Vichy a été, en France, l’objet d'une longue rémanence. Jusqu'au discours historique de Jacques Chirac en 1995, Vichy a toujours été considéré par le pouvoir comme « une parenthèse de l'Histoire » dont la France ne pouvait être tenue pour responsable.
For a very long time, the French government has chosen to ignore the Vichy regime, its collaboration with Nazi Germany and its crimes, in an attempt to erase the past and reconcile all French citizens. Although historians, writers and filmmakers have helped develop a certain awareness on this controversial subject, it has been mostly civil society that has led the fight against falsification and denial, in the name of truth and justice.
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