- Born
- Died
- Birth nameSimone Jacob
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Simone Veil was born on July 13, 1927 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. She was a writer, known for Simone Veil - Les combats d'une effrontée (2024), Veillées d'armes (1994) and Le journal de 20 heures (1956). She was married to Antoine Veil. She died on June 30, 2017 in Paris, France.
- SpouseAntoine Veil(October 20, 1946 - April 12, 2013) (his death, 3 children)
- ParentsAndré JacobYvonne Steinmetz
- RelativesDenise Vernay(Sibling)
- French politician and major figure of feminism.
- French Minister of Health from 1974-79, where she voted the law with her name (Loi Veil) that decriminalized abortion in France.
- She was president of the first elected European parliament (1979-82). She later was a member of France's Conseil constitutionnel (1998-2007).
- She was a member of the Académie Française, having inscribed on her official ceremonial sword the numbers 78651, the number given to her when she was deported to the Nazi death camp at Birkenau. She never removed the tattoo of that number on her left arm.
- Arrived at Birkenau in 1944 with Marceline Loridan Ivens, who gave a moving testimony at Veil's burial about that time and their continuing friendship since then.
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