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French Simone Veil, an Auschwitz survivor and the first elected president of the European parliament, arrives for a speech as she joined today the prestigious Academie Francaise, the guardian of the French language, on March 18, 2010 at the Institut de France in Paris, as Jean d'Ormesson (C), Dean of the French Academy, Helene Carrere d'Encausse (R) and Yves Pouliquen applaud. The 82-year-old Veil, a former French minister who ranks among the country's most respected politicians, is only the sixth woman to join the "immortals", as the 40 members of the Academie are known. Dressed in the members' traditional green uniform, designed specially for her by Chanel, Veil was presented with the ceremonial sword bearing the inscription "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity". Veil's tattooed Auschwitz prisoner number, 78651, was also engraved on the sword that was presented to her by former president Jacques Chirac during a ceremony at the French Senate. AFP PHOTO / POOL / PHILIPPE WOJAZER
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Paris, FRANCE |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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PHILIPPE WOJAZER |
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18 Martie 2010 |
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