FRANCE FINED FOR WWII DEPORTATION OF JEWS

France fined for deportation (JTA)

The French government and the national railroad association lost a court case regarding their role in deporting Jews during World War II. The court of Toulouse ordered the state and the railroad to pay $77,000 in reparations to the Lipietz family, who filed the complaint because George Lipietz was deported to Drancy in 1944. The judges ruled that the railroad network "never objected or protested the execution of these transports." Alain Lipietz, George Lipietz's son, is also a member of European Parliament. This is the first time a suit like this has been successful in France, and the railroad network is planning to appeal. George Lipietz survived the war.