Pierre-François Veil died on Wednesday, May 6, at the age of 72. The younger son of Simone and Antoine Veil, this business lawyer had for several years headed the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah. The announcement of his death was confirmed on Wednesday.
A commitment to memory
Born into a family marked by history, Pierre-François Veil chose to dedicate part of his life to preserving the memory of the deportations. His mother, Simone Veil, a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau, became a major figure in the French Republic before her interment in the Panthéon in 2018. His father, Antoine Veil, who died in 2013, was a senior civil servant.
A lawyer specializing in business law, Pierre-François Veil pursued a professional career alongside his responsibilities at the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah. This institution works to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and supports historical research on the Second World War period.
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