Sorbonne in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Lycée Henri IV Jewish Students Memorial

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 27, 2022

1. Lycée Henri IV Jewish Students Memorial Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

A la mémoire des enfants, élèves de cette école déportés de 1942 a 1944 parce qu'ils étaient nés juifs, victimes innocentes de la barbarie nazie avec la complicité active du Gouvernement de Vichy.

Ils furent exterminés dans les camps de la mort.

Ne les oublions jamais

(English translation:)

In memory of the children, the students of this school who from 1942 to 1944 were deported because they were born Jewish, innocent victims of Nazi barbarism with the active complicity of the Vichy Government.

They were exterminated in the death camps.

Let us never forget them

Erected 2008.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list.

Location. 48° 50.78′ N, 2° 20.86′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Sorbonne. It is on Rue Clovis, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 23 Rue Clovis, Paris, Île-de-France 75005, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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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: Lycée Henri IV (here, next to this marker); Church / Eglise Saint-Etienne du Mont (a few steps from this marker); Maurice Duruflé and Marie-Madeleine Duruflé (within shouting distance of this marker); La Tour de Calvin / Calvin's Tower (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Les Quatre Sergents de La Rochelle / The Four Sergeants of La Rochelle (about 120 meters away); Collège de Montaigu (about 120 meters away); Collège Sainte-Barbe (about 150 meters away); La Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève / The Saint Genevieve Library (about 150 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . The Holocaust in France (Wikipedia).

Overview: The Holocaust in France was the persecution, deportation, and annihilation of Jews and Roma between
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 27, 2022

2. Lycée Henri IV Jewish Students Memorial - wide view
1940 and 1944 in occupied France, metropolitan Vichy France, and in Vichy-controlled French North Africa, during World War II. The persecution began in 1940, and culminated in deportations of Jews from France to Nazi concentration camps in Nazi Germany and Nazi-occupied Poland. The deportation started in 1942 and lasted until July 1944. Of the 340,000 Jews living in metropolitan/continental France in 1940, more than 75,000 were deported to death camps, where about 72,500 were murdered.

(Submitted on February 7, 2023.)

Additional keywords. Holocaust

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 7, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 273 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 7, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.