Papon rushed to hospital

Paris - The convicted Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon was rushed to hospital on Wednesday overnight from Paris's La Sante prison…

Paris - The convicted Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon was rushed to hospital on Wednesday overnight from Paris's La Sante prison suffering from heart trouble, the French Justice Ministry said yesterday. Papon (89) has a history of cardiac illness.

On October 22nd he began serving a 10-year sentence for complicity in crimes against humanity for his role in the deportation of 1,500 Jews to Nazi death camps.

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