Simone Veil — president eu parl. with roots in the Russian Empire
Simone Veil. French magistrate and stateswoman, born in Nice. No documented connection to the Russian Empire. She was born in Nice in 1927; her father's family, the Jacobs, came from Bionville-sur-Nied in Lorraine, and her mother's from the Rhineland and Belgium.
Tracing the roots — Nice, France; family from Lorraine, the Rhineland and Belgium - no Russian Empire link documented
No documented connection to the Russian Empire. She was born in Nice in 1927; her father's family, the Jacobs, came from Bionville-sur-Nied in Lorraine, and her mother's from the Rhineland and Belgium.
The Holocaust survivor & icon had roots in the Jewish diaspora (Stein family).
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Nice, France; family from Lorraine, the Rhineland and Belgium - no Russian Empire link documented. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.
A career defined by ambition
"I never forgot that I was Jewish. But I discovered I was French the day I was deported."