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Jean-Marie Le Pen, the far-right French leader who espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric and was convicted of Holocaust denial, has died at 96. His death was announced on social media by Jordan ...

and for a 1989 comment blaming the “Jewish international” for helping seed “this anti-national spirit.” In another setback, Le Pen lost his European Parliament seat in 2002 for a year for ...

Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time' ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen spent his life fighting ... where police had rounded up thousands of Jews who were deported to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. "I stand by this because I believe it is ...

The tomb housing the remains of Jean-Marie Le Pen has been vandalized less than three weeks after the polarizing French ...

France's far right tries to move away from past anti-Semitism Devil of the Republic Jean-Marie Le Pen also said, in 2014, that Patrick Bruel – a Jewish singer who'd criticised him – would be ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen was known for his controversial statements, variously offending immigrants, leftists, Muslims, the LGBT community, Jews, and many others. His statements, particularly those ...

He was known for his fiery anti-immigrant rhetoric that earned him both staunch support and widespread condemnation.

Le Pen ran in five presidential elections ... Those comments provoked outrage in France, where police had rounded up thousands of Jews who were deported to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.

and for a 1989 comment blaming the "Jewish international" for helping seed "this anti-national spirit." In another setback, Le Pen lost his European Parliament seat in 2002 for a year for ...