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Count Jacques Dugé de Bernonville was born in Paris, France to an aristocratic family. Following the occupation of France during the World War II, Jacques de Bernonville joined the Vichy government and was made a commander of the Milice. Working in conjunction with Joseph Darnand, de Bernonville hunted down members of the French resistance movement who were almost always summarily executed. As a right-hand man to Klaus Barbie, he was a major participant in the establishing and enforcing of the Vichy regime's program of anti-Semitic policies that carried out the deportation of thousands of French Jews and other "undesirables" to the Drancy deportation camp enroute to Auschwitz and other German extermination camps. The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ... A recruitment poster for the Milice. ... Joseph Darnand (1897-1945) was a French traitor and leader of the Vichy French Milice. ... Klaus Barbie Klaus Barbie (October 25, 1913 – September 25, 1991) was a Hauptsturmführer in the German SS and the Gestapo (secret police) during the Nazi regime. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Drancy deportation camp was an infamous temporary prison camp in the city of Drancy, north of Paris, France. ... Auschwitz, in English, commonly refers to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex built near the town of Oświęcim, by Nazi Germany during World War II. Rarely, it may refer to the Polish town of Oświęcim (called by the Germans Auschwitz) itself. ... Majdanek - crematorium Extermination camp (German Vernichtungslager) was the term applied to a group of death camps set up by Nazi Germany during World War II for the express purpose of killing the Jews of Europe, although members of some other groups whom the Nazis wished to exterminate, such as Roma...

With the liberation of France by the Allied Forces, de Bernonville was charged with war crimes but fled the country. Tried in abstentia by a French War Crimes tribunal in Toulouse, he was found guilty and condemned to death. Escaping French authorities in 1946, Jacques de Bernonville traveled to New York City and according to historians such as Kevin Henley, professor of history at Collège de Maisonneuve in Montreal, the politically powerful Roman Catholic priest, Lionel Groulx helped de Bernonville get into Quebec. There, Jacques de Bernonville was welcomed by a significant number of the Quebec nationalist elite but in 1948 Canadian immigration authorities discovered who he was and instituted deportation proceedings. In an attempt to keep de Bernonville in Canada, 143 Quebec notables signed a 1950 petition defending him and stating that he should be allowed to stay. Some of the signers included the secretary general of the Université de Montréal, Camillien Houde, mayor of the city of Montreal, plus two future cabinet ministers in the Parti Québécois government, Camille Laurin and Denis Lazure. In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ... The Capitole, the 18th century city hall of Toulouse and best known landmark in the city; in the foreground is the Place du Capitole, a hub of urban life at the very center of the city Toulouse (pronounced in standard French, in local Toulouse accent) (Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced ) is a... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... CEGEP de Maisonneuve is a francophone CEGEP pre-university and technical college located at 3800 Sherbrooke Street East in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... ... Quebec nationalism is the subject of many international studies together with the contemporary nationalism of Scotland, Catalonia and other non-sovereign regions of the world. ... The Université de Montréal (UdeM) (University of Montreal) is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec. ... Camillien Houde (August 13, 1889 - September 11, 1958) was a mayor of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The Parti Québécois or PQ is a political party that advocates national sovereignty for Quebec from Canada. ... Dr. Camille Laurin (May 6, 1922 - March 11, 1999) was a psychiatrist and Parti Québécois (PQ) politician in the Province of Quebec, Canada. ...

Faced with a deportation order, Jacques de Bernonville fled again, this time going to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 1954 the French government was advised where he was but that country had no extradition treaty with France and he escaped punishment, remaining there until his murder in 1972. Ipanema beach Cristo Redentor A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. ... Extradition is a formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence. ...

For additional reading information:

• The Bernonville Affair: A French War Criminal in Quebec After World War II – Yves Lavertu (1995) original French edition: L'affaire Bernonville: Le Québec face à Pétain et à la Collaboration (1948-1951) (1994).
• Unauthorized Entry: The Truth about Nazi War Criminals in Canada, 1946-1956 - Howard Margolian (2000)