Sorbonne in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Square René-Viviani Jewish Children’s Memorial
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 8, 2025
1. Square René-Viviani Jewish Children’s Memorial
Arretes par la police du Gouvernement de Vichy, complice du l’occupant nazi, plus de 11000 enfants furent deportés de France de 1942 à 1944 et assassinés a Auschwitz parce qu’ils étaient nés juifs.
Une centaine de ces enfants vivaient dans le 5e Arrt. parmi eux, 13 tout-petits n’ont pas eu le temps de frequenter l’ecole.
Passant, lis leur nom, ta memoire est leur unique sepulture.
Arrested by the police of the Vichy Government, in complicity with the Nazi occupiers, more than 11,000 children were deported from France from 1942 to 1944 and murdered in Auschwitz because they were born Jews.
A hundred of these children lived in the 5th Arrondissement. Among them, 13 toddlers who did not reach the age to attend school.
Passing by, read their names, your memory is their only burial place.
Marcel Chazenfus 5 ans · Eliane Rachel Cohen 3 ans · Jacques Fiszel 5 ans · Michèle Goldberg 4 ans · Bernard Goldencwajg 5 ans · Irène Pytel 4 ans · Rosette Pytel 1 an · Arnold Rubinsztejn 3 ans · Daniel Steinschneider 6 ans · Francine Szapiro 3 ans · Germaine Ullreich 3 ans · Nathan Wakzul 4 ans · Smil Wieder 4 ans
(“ans” = years)
Erected 2009
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Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1942.
Location. 48° 51.129′ N, 2° 20.858′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Sorbonne. It can be reached from Quai de Montebello. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Paris, Île-de-France 75005, France. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony and also the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Robinier faux-acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) (a few steps from this marker); La Barricade du Square Viviani Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Eglise Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre (within shouting distance of this marker); Le Pont au Double (within shouting distance
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 26, 2022
2. Square René-Viviani Jewish Children’s Memorial - wide view
More about this memorial. The memorial is in Square René-Viviani, just a few steps south of the fountain.
Also see . . . Paris (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). (Submitted on January 27, 2023.)
Additional keywords. Holocaust
Credits. This page was last revised on May 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 27, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 408 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 27, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
