Palais-Royal in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
École élémentaire d’Argenteuil Jewish Students Memorial
Plus de 11400 enfants furent déportés de France.
Nombre d'entre eux vivaient à Paris dans le 1er Arrondissement.
Ils furent exterminés dans les camps de la mort.
Ne les oublions jamais
École élémentaire d'argenteuil
ex école communale de garçons
11, rue d'Argenteuil - Paris 1er
In memory of the children, students of this school, deported from 1942 to 1944 because they were born Jews, innocent victims of Nazi barbarism with the active complicity of the Vichy government.
More than 11,400 children were deported from France.
Many of them lived in Paris in the 1st Arrondissement.
They were exterminated in the death camps.
Let us never forget.
Erected 2014.
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. A significant historical year for this entry is 1942.
Location. 48° 51.896′ N, 2° 20.03′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Palais-Royal. Memorial is on Rue d'Argenteuil. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11 Rue d'Argenteuil, Paris, Île-de-France 75001, France. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Eglise Saint-Roch / Saint Roch Church (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Ludovic Jacquinot (about 150 meters away); La Ligue des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge / League of the Societies of the Red Cross (about 150 meters away); Antoine de Pluvinel (about 150 meters away); Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga (about 180 meters away); Auguste Bournonville (1805-1879) (about 180 meters away); Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (about 210 meters away); Hôtel de Noailles (about 210 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.
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