Arts-et-Métiers in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
L‘École Élémentaire Vertus Jewish Student Deportation Memorial
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 2, 2024
1. L‘École Élémentaire Vertus Jewish Student Deportation Memorial Marker
Nombre d'entre eux ont fréquenté l'école élémentaire vertus
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From 1942 to 1944, more than 11,000 children were deported from France by the Nazis with the active participation of the Vichy French 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 Vertus Elementary School.
Let us never forget them
Erected 2003.
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.
Location. 48° 51.852′ N, 2° 21.473′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France
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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: Raymonde Royale (within shouting distance of this marker); David Liberman (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Henri Chevessier (about 90 meters away); l’Affiche Rouge / The “Red Poster” (about 120 meters away); Hôtel Jean-Bart (about 120 meters away); Pierre Pachet (about 150 meters away); Albert Jean Fernand Lecoq (about 150 meters away); Lycée Nicolas Flamel Deported Jewish Students Memorial (about 180 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.
Also see . . . The Deportation of the Jews from France (Yad Vashem). Excerpt:
The Jews in France were deported to the East at the height of a two year process of persecution and aggressive legislation. The laws passed included statutes defining who was to be considered a Jew, isolating Jews from French society, divesting them of their livelihood, incarcerating many of them, and registering their names with the police.(Submitted on November 13, 2024.)
From winter 1940-1941 French Jews began to be imprisoned in concentration camps. Thousands of Jews were imprisoned in camps in the vicinity of Paris and Southwestern France. In May 1941 many more thousands of Jews were arrested.
In March 1942 some 1,000 Jewswere arrested and sent to the Compiègne detention camp, from where they were deported to Auschwitz. The transports took two days to arrive at their destination. Most of those who were still alive at the end of the jouney were murdered.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 2, 20242. L‘École Élémentaire Vertus Jewish Student Deportation Memorial - wide view
In July 1942 some 23,000 Jews were arrested in Paris and in the remainder of the Occupied Zone. At the initiative of Pierre Laval, the Prime Minister of the Vichy regime, most of the Jewish children were deported to the East together with their parents. The arrests and deportations were conducted in a very violent manner, often enforcing the separation of couples, parents and children, and brothers and sisters. “A cruel destruction of Jewish families,” wrote the Parisian Jewish reporter, Jacques Bielinky. In August 1942 the arrest of thousands of additional Jews began in the territories of the Vichy regime. The arrested Jews were imprisoned in concentration camps and deported to their destruction in the East. “The deportations are creating tremendous pressures in the concentration camps and wreaking havoc within the Jewish families,” wrote Bielinky on the 18th of August 1942. “To date,” he continues, “nothing is known about the fate of those who have been deported.”
Credits. This page was last revised on November 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 13, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 109 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 13, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
