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Simone Veil
AuthorBooks · Second hand1927-2017
Simone Veil was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor and politician. Deported as a teenager to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later Bergen-Belsen, she became a prominent advocate for human dignity and European reconciliation. As minister of health, she championed women's rights and is best remembered for the landmark 1975 law legalising abortion, known as the Veil Act.
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About Simone Veil
Birth
1927
Death
2017
Simone Veil was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor and politician. Deported as a teenager to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later Bergen-Belsen, she became a prominent advocate for human dignity and European reconciliation. As minister of health, she championed women's rights and is best remembered for the landmark 1975 law legalising abortion, known as the Veil Act.
Simone Veil was born in Nice in 1927 and became a key figure in French politics.
Her professional career spanned various roles, from magistrate and lawyer to an influential author.
Her main work, Une vie, offers a profound testimony about her life and legacy.
As a Holocaust survivor, her personal history deeply shaped her commitment to justice and human rights.
Throughout her career, she published a total of 18 works that reflect her thoughts and experience as a jurist.
