Saint Victor in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

École Élémentaire rue de Pontoise Deported Jewish Students Memorial

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2024

1. École Élémentaire rue de Pontoise Deported Jewish Students Memorial Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

A la memoire des enfants, élèves de cette école déportés de 1942 a 1944 parce qu'ils étaient nés juifs, victimes innocentes de la barbarie nazie avec la complicité active du Gouvernement de Vichy.

Ils furent exterminés dans les camps de la mort.

Ne les oublions jamais

(English translation):
In memory of the children, students of this school deported from 1942 to 1944 because they were born Jewish, innocent victims of Nazi barbarity with the active complicity of the Vichy Government.

They were exterminated in the death camps.

Let us never forget them

Erected 2002.

Topics and series. This historical marker and 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° 50.926′ N, 2° 21.076′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Saint Victor. It is on Rue de Pontoise, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 21 Rue de Pontoise, Paris, Île-de-France 75005, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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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: Anne Hébert (within shouting distance of this marker); Eglise Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); La Porte Saint-Victor / Saint Victor Gate (about 150 meters away); Louis Braille (1809-1852) (about 150 meters away); La porte Saint-Victor / Saint Victor Gate (about 150 meters away); Le Collège Rognoni Deported Jewish Student Memorial (about 150 meters away); Collège du Cardinal Lemoine (about 150 meters away); a different marker also named Collège du Cardinal Lemoine (about 150 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . They Were Children (Google Arts & Culture, City of Paris). Full title: They were children - Deportation and Rescue of Jewish Children in Paris, 1940-1945

Excerpt:

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Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2024

2. École Élémentaire rue de Pontoise Deported Jewish Students Memorial - wide view
14,000 Parisians were arrested by the French police and, for the most part, rounded up at the Vélodrome d'Hiver, for the sole reason that they were Jewish. Among them, many children. More than half of the 11,400 Jewish children deported from France between 1942 and 1944 were little Parisians. More than 6,100 children were arrested in Paris during the Holocaust, mostly by the municipal police. Most of them were deported to the Auschwitz camp in Poland where they were exterminated upon arrival.

(Submitted on November 26, 2024.)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 143 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 26, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.