Answer the following questions addressing this week’s reading
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Answer the following questions addressing this week’s reading. Please copy-and-paste the questions, make specific reference to the text, and check your spelling and grammar:
1. In 1983, why could France charge Barbie with crimes against humanity, but not war crimes?
2. The author argued that France had repressed its past. Why was that the case? Is there a lesson to be learned from that?
3. In what ways did Vergès “attack the prosecution”?
4. The author argued that Vergès “wanted to harm French society” (p.34/50). Putting aside Vergès’ lack of concern for his client, is forcing the public to confront its checkered past harmful, or helpful? Why so?
5. The French court allowed Barbie to leave his own trial (to return to the quiet of his jail cell). Do you think the court was right to allow that request? Why or why not?
