'Nuff said

'La vérité, c'est que pas un soldat allemand, pas un seul, ne fut mobilisé pour l'ensemble de l'opération.
'La vérité, c'est que ce crime fut commis en France, par la France.'

that is,

'The truth is that no German soldier, not one, was mobilized in this operation.
'The truth is that this crime was committed in France, by France.'

– French President François Hollande, in a speech Sunday in which he reaffirmed the responsibility of French officials for the 1942 le rafle du Vel d'Hiv. In this incident, as we posted a while back,

'on orders of the Vichy government that ruled after France fell to the Nazis in World War II, French police rounded up at least 13,000 citizens of Jewish heritage -- including more than 4,000 children -- and detained them in Paris' Vélodrome d'hiver, the Winter Velodrome not far from the Eiffel Tower. Of them, "not 1 child or woman escaped death at Auschwitz,"although 40 men did survive.'

Hollande's discours, which is available in full here and discussed in news articles here and here, came 17 years after a similar admission by then-President Jacques Chirac. (credit for photo of Hollande at Sunday's commemoration © Présidence de la République-Pascal Segrette/Laurent Blevennec)

'Nuff said

(Taking context-optional note of thought-provoking quotes)

 '[H]e supported France's ban on face-covering veils and would not allow separate hours in swimming pools for men and women.'

-- The BBC's report on the state of Presidential politics in France, where voters Sunday will choose whether to re-elect President Nicolas Sarkozy or to replace him with François Hollande (below left) of the Parti socialiste. The "he" in the quote is Hollande. A Le Monde article provided direct quotes of his statements, made Tuesday in the sole Presidential debate, in which Hollande promised that as President he would permit "no derogation" from current French laws regarding laïcité (a term that translates, ever so roughly, as separation of religion and state). This leader of the party on the left assured that the veil ban, on which IntLawGrrls frequently have posted, would be "'strictly enforced.'" (photos here and here) What's more:

'Il a aussi répété qu'il ne tolérerait "aucun horaire pour les femmes dans les piscines ni de viande halal dans les cantines".'

That bit of poésie on what's not to be allowed in France's public facilities translates as follows:

'He also repeated that he would tolerate neither women's hours in swimming pools nor halal food in cafeterias.'