Simone Veil

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Simone Veil

Born into a Jewish family with Lorraine origins, she was deported to Auschwitz at the age of 16, during the Shoah, where she lost her father, brother and mother. Rescued with her sisters Madeleine and Denise, also deported, she married Antoine Veil in 1946 then, after studying law and political science, entered the judiciary as a senior official.

A committed feminist

Simone Veil, born Simone Jacob on July 13th, 1927 in Nice and died on June 30, 2017 in Paris, is a French magistrate and statewoman.

Her biograpy

Her childhood

Simone Veil at 15 years old.

Simone Veil at 88 years old.

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Biography childhood

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INTRODUCTION

Simone Veil was a french woman. She was born in 1927s in Nice city. She died in 2017s in Paris.

Childhood

- She was born the July 13th 1927 in a Jewish family.- She was deported to a concentration camp at the age of 16.- Her parents and her brother died in the concentration camp.

adulthood

• In 1974, she passed the "Veil law", abortion.

• She married to Antoine Veil in 1946 and they had three sons.
• In 2007, she wrote her autobiography : A life

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Her speech !

One important action

A committed feminist

Simone Veil became Minister of Health in May 1974. At that time, she passed the "Veil law", which allows abortion.

CONCLUSION

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1974

2017

Simone Veil became Minister of Health.

Simone Veil died at the age of 89 in Paris.

She passed the law for abortion.

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