WJC, NY Assemblyman call for removal of Nazi collaborator street plaque following JPost report
"Petain was no hero," said State Assemblyman Dov Hikind in a letter to New York mayor De Blasio after learning of the plaque commemorating French Nazi collaborator Philippe Petain.
The name French Nazi collaborator Henri Philippe Pétain is engraved in New York City's "Canyon of Heroes" on Broadway, alongside those of historical figures such as Churchill, De Gaulle and Ben Gurion(photo credit: DANIELLE ZIRI)ByDANIELLE ZIRIUpdated: