Serge Klarsfeld

Romanian-born French activist and Nazi hunter · France · Writers · Born 1935 · age 91

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Serge Klarsfeld is a Romanian-born French activist and Nazi hunter known for documenting the Holocaust in order to establish the record and to enable the prosecution of war criminals.

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2022Grand Cross of the Legion of HonourAward2018Grand Cross of the National Order of MeritAward2015Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAwardPrix Pétrarque de l'essaiAward1999Officer of the Legion of HonourAward1984Francine and Antoine Bernheim Award for Arts, Literature and ScienceAwardKnight of the Legion of HonourAward1935Born17 September 1935

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Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour2022

Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit2018

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2015

Prix Pétrarque de l'essai2015

Officer of the Legion of Honour1999

Knight of the Legion of Honour1984

Francine and Antoine Bernheim Award for Arts, Literature and Science1984

Zellidja Bourse

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Serge Klarsfeld is a Romanian-born French activist and Nazi hunter known for documenting the Holocaust in order to establish the record and to enable the prosecution of war criminals. Since the 1960s, he has made notable efforts to commemorate the Jewish victims of German-occupied France and has been a supporter of Israel.

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