Saint-Raphaël's right-wing mayor, no stranger to media stunts, has vowed to 'put an end to the lies about the reality of communist totalitarianism.' In response, the French Communist Party and other left-wing groups denounced the 'revisionism of history.'
Communisme has not cause death in France like it did in the Soviet Union. Communist movement after World War II has largely contributed to improve the working conditions with reforms that are still fundamental workers rights in France today: minimum 2 weeks of paid holidays per year, 40 and then 35 hours per week standard work time, minimum wage, workers unions, and more. Nazis and the Vichy regim, on the other hand, are directly responsible for hundreds of thousands of death, deportation to the elimination camps, some of these camps on the French territory. Equating both is factually wrong and a revision of history as a political stunt.
Communisme has not cause death in France like it did in the Soviet Union. Communist movement after World War II has largely contributed to improve the working conditions with reforms that are still fundamental workers rights in France today: minimum 2 weeks of paid holidays per year, 40 and then 35 hours per week standard work time, minimum wage, workers unions, and more. Nazis and the Vichy regim, on the other hand, are directly responsible for hundreds of thousands of death, deportation to the elimination camps, some of these camps on the French territory. Equating both is factually wrong and a revision of history as a political stunt.