Life sentence for French man who fatally stabbed Holocaust survivor

Flowers and placards outside Mireille Knoll’s Paris apartment (Thibault Camus/AP)

A French man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor to death in an antisemitic attack, a case that triggered widespread outrage and focused attention on resurgent anti-Jewish sentiment in the country.

After horror and grief, Mireille Knoll’s family felt justice following the verdict.