The Latest: Macron denounces French role in the Holocaust

French President Emmanuel Macron stands at attention during a ceremony in Nice, southern France, Friday, July 14, 2017. Commemorations followed Bastille Day celebrations for Macron, heading to the Riviera city of Nice for a solemn remembrance of the 86 lives lost one year ago when a 19-ton truck throttled through revelers feting France's national day in a terror attack that jolted the nation and stunned the world. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

By Associated Press July 16, 2017 2 min read

PARIS (AP) – The Latest on French and Israeli commemorations of a mass deportation of French Jews in 1942. (all times local):

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French President Emmanuel Macron has denounced his country’s collaboration in the Holocaust, lashing out at those who still downplay the French role in sending tens of thousands of Jews to death.

Commemorating 75 years since a mass roundup of French Jews outside of Paris, Macron insisted that “it was indeed France that organized this.” He said “not a single German” was directly involved, but French police collaborating with the Nazis.

Macron dismissed arguments by French far-right leaders that the collaborationist Vichy regime did not represent the French state, saying that is “convenient, but it is false.”