In the eyes of historians, President Jacques Chirac’s redeeming value will most probably remain his courageous attempt to reconcile France’s wounded minorities with their past and the French nation through a national process of repentance. It started with the Jews and acknowledgement that the Vichy regime did indeed incarnate the French state.
在历史学家眼中，雅克·希拉克总统作为补偿者的价值主要表现在他勇敢地用全国性的忏悔活动为法国少数民族弥补他们的历史创伤以及与国家的创伤。这一行动从犹太人开始以及承认维希政府确实可以代表法国。于是，“法国”便成为纳粹罪行的一个帮凶。