Pierre‑François Veil, a French lawyer and advocate for Holocaust memory, died on 6 May 2026. Born on 16 March 1954, he was the son of Simone Veil, Holocaust survivor and former French minister, and Antoine Veil, a senior civil servant. He entered the legal profession in 1979 after studying law and worked on cases concerning Holocaust remembrance and the recognition of long‑suppressed truths. From 2023 he served as president of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, succeeding Simone Veil and later David de Rothschild. He played a key role in commemorations such as the 80th anniversary of the Vel‑d’Hiv roundup and the liberation of the camps, and in supporting his mother’s entrance into the Pantheon in 2018. President Emmanuel Macron and the First Lady expressed condolences, praising his dedication to law, justice and memory.
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