“Neither the prosecution nor the defense wanted Henri Philippe Petain’s oily accomplice to testify in the trial of the old marshal. Both sides feared his slanderous tongue and his slimy skill for wriggling out of blame. Slowly, almost hesitantly at first, then with his old brazen confidence, Laval began his two-day ‘deposition’.”
piere laval testimony in the Petain trial 1945
piere laval testimony in the Petain trial 1945