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Since the 1960s, he has made notable efforts to commemorate the Jewish victims of German-occupied France and has been a supporter of Israel.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"17 September 1935","date":"1935-09-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539312#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Bucharest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19660"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539312#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"},{"text":"Romania","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539312#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"historian","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201788"},{"text":"Nazis 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Serge Klarsfeld par Claude Truong-Ngoc septembre 2015.jpg — Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Serge Klarsfeld\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/serge-klarsfeld. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T08:05:35Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-08","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/serge-klarsfeld","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/serge-klarsfeld","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/serge-klarsfeld?lang=ne"}}