Arts-et-Métiers in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Rue Vaucanson Deported Jewish Children Memorial

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, August 22, 2023

1. Rue Vaucanson Deported Jewish Children Memorial

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

De 1942 à 1944, plus de 11000 enfants furent déportés de France par les nazis avec la participation active du Gouvernement Français de Vichy et assassinés dans les camps de la mort parce que nés juifs. Plus de 500 de ces enfants vivaient dans le 3ème

Nombre d'entre eux ont fréquenté lécole élémentaire de filles de la Rue Meslay, transférée Rue Vaucanson

le 7 février 2004

Ne les oublions jamais

(English translation:)

From 1942 to 1944, more than 11,000 children were deported from France by the Nazis with the active participation of the French Vichy Government and murdered in death camps because they were born Jewish. More than 500 of these children lived in the 3rd Arrondissement.

Many of them attended the elementary school for girls on Rue Meslay, transferred to Rue Vaucanson

Let us never forget

Erected 2004.

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.

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48° 52.022′ N, 2° 21.405′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Arts-et-Métiers. It is on Rue Vaucanson, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6 Rue Vaucanson, Paris, Île-de-France 75003, 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: Raymond Legrand (within shouting distance of this marker); Le Prieuré Saint-Martin-des-Champs (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Albert Jean Fernand Lecoq (about 150 meters away); Marc Seguin (about 180 meters away); Lycee Turgot Deported Jewish Student Memorial (about 180 meters away); Crimean War Commemorative Column (about 210 meters away); Square Émile-Chautemps (1858) (about 240 meters away); David Liberman (approx. 0.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Map Shows Every French Child Deported During the Holocaust (Tablet, Feb. 20, 2014).

Excerpt: Of the 76,000 Jews deported from France and sent to Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust, 11,400 of them were children. Now, France is trying to trace those small footprints.

A new online interactive map shows the origin of every child deported from France between July 1942 and August 1944. The map was created by French historian Jean-Luc Pinol, and uses data collected by former Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld.

The map is currently on display outside the “Conservatoire National
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, August 22, 2023

2. Rue Vaucanson Deported Jewish Children Memorial - wide view
The marker is visible here on the left, next to the 6.
des Arts et Métiers,” located in Paris’s 3rd arrondissement—the very place from which, as the map indicates, 577 Jewish children were deported to concentration camps. A virtual exhibition has also been made available for free online.

(Submitted on October 5, 2023.)

Rue Vaucanson Deported Jewish Children Memorial - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, August 22, 2023

3. Rue Vaucanson Deported Jewish Children Memorial - wider view

Credits. This page was last revised on October 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 174 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 5, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.