Auschwitz survivor, Simone Veil joins French Academy in Paris, France on March 18th, 2010.

FRANCE - MARCH 18: French Simone Veil, an Auschwitz survivor and the first elected president of the European parliament, poses with her husband Antoine as they leave the Institute de France after her entry ceremony as member of the prestigious French Academy, the guardian of the French language. The 82-year-old Veil, a former French minister who ranks among the country's most respected politicians, is only the sixth woman to join the 40 'immortals'. Veil's tattooed Auschwitz prisoner number, 78651, was also engraved on the sword that was presented to her by former president Jacques Chirac during a ceremony at the French Senate. Simon Veil with her husband and her family in Paris, France on March 18th, 2010. (Photo by Alain BENAINOUS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)