Arts-et-Métiers in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Rue Vaucanson Deported Jewish Children Memorial
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
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. 48° 52.022′ N, 2° 21.405′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Arts-et-Métiers. Memorial is on Rue Vaucanson, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6 Rue Vaucanson, Paris, Île-de-France 75003, France. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Marc Seguin (about 180 meters away, measured in a direct line); Crimean War Commemorative Column (about 210 meters away); Square Émile-Chautemps (1858) (about 240 meters away); Eglise/Church Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Roger Aizenman (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); La Bourse du Travail (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); La Comité Parisien de la Libération (approx. half a kilometer away); Le Wauxhall (approx. half a kilometer 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.(Submitted on October 5, 2023.)
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 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.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 43 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 5, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.