Val-de-Grâce in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

July 21, 1944 Jewish Deportation Memorial

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, June 26, 2023

1. July 21, 1944 Jewish Deportation Memorial Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

A la Memoire
des jeunes filles juives agees de 13 à 18 ans et des adultes arretes ici le

21 juillet 1944

victimes de la barbarie nazie deportes au camp d'Auschwitz beaucoup y furent extermines

Passant N'Oublie Pas

לא תשכח

(English translation:)

In memory of the young Jewish girls aged 13 to 18 and adults arrested here on July 21, 1944 - victims of nazi barbarism, they were deported to the Auschwitz camp where many were exterminated there. Passing by here - Don't Forget Them

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 date for this entry is July 21, 1944.

Location. 48° 50.466′ N, 2° 20.854′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Val-de-Grâce. It is on Rue Vauquelin, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 9 Rue Vauquelin, Paris, Île-de-France 75005, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

Europe,

the European

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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: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932-2007) (a few steps from this marker); Jacques Solomon (within shouting distance of this marker); Louis Hemon (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Guillevic (about 150 meters away); L’Église de Notre Dame de la Cuisine Fatiguée (about 210 meters away); Henri Poincaré (about 210 meters away); Alfred Kastler (about 240 meters away); Le laboratoire de physique de l'E.N.S. / The Physics Laboratory of the ENS (about 240 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . The Deportation of the Jews from France (Yad Veshem).

Excerpt: A total of some 76,000 Jews from France, most of them from Paris, among them 11,000 children, were deported by train to the East. Most of the deportees were murdered in Auschwitz. Most of the deportations left France from the concentration
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, June 26, 2023

2. July 21, 1944 Jewish Deportation Memorial
camp of Drancy. The deportations continued even as the Allies had begun to liberate France. The last transport left France in August 1944, while the battle for Paris was being fought. Of all the Jews deported from France to the extermination camps in the East, a total of some 2,500 survived.

(Submitted on August 2, 2023.)

July 21, 1944 Jewish Deportation Memorial - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, June 26, 2023

3. July 21, 1944 Jewish Deportation Memorial - wider view

Credits. This page was last revised on August 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 121 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 2, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.