Roquette in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
École Élémentaire Godefroy Cavaignac Deported Jewish Students Memorial
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 10, 2024
1. École Élémentaire Godefroy Cavaignac Deported Jewish Students Memorial Marker
Plus de 1200 enfants du 11ème arrondissement ont été exterminés dans les camps de la mort.
Ne les oublions jamais
In memory of the students of this school deported from 1942 to 1944 because they were born Jewish, innocent victims of Nazi barbarity and the Vichy government.
More than 1,200 children from the 11th arrondissement were exterminated in the death camps.
Let us never forget them
Erected 2000.
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° 51.359′ N, 2° 22.834′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Roquette. It is on Rue Godefroy Cavaignac, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 33 Rue Godefroy Cavaignac, Paris, Île-de-France 75011, France. Touch for directions.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Olga Bancic (1912-1944) (within shouting distance of this marker); Square Olga-Bancic (2006) (within shouting distance of this marker); Le Gymnase Japy / The Japy Gymnasium (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Jean Verrier (about 210 meters away); Square Jean Allemane (1962) (about 240 meters away); Mémorial pour les chevaux réquisitionnés / Requisitioned Horses Memorial (about 240 meters away); Les couvents de la rue de Charonne / The Convents of the Rue de Charonne (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Ecole Maternelle Publique Popincourt Deported Jewish Students Memorial (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.
Also see . . . France (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum).
… In all, some 77,000 Jews living on(Submitted on December 5, 2024.)French territory perished in concentration camps and killing centers—the overwhelming majority of them at Auschwitz—or died in detention on French soil. One third of these victims were French citizens.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 10, 20242. École Élémentaire Godefroy Cavaignac Deported Jewish Students Memorial - wide view
While French officials did not hesitate to meet German quotas for deportations with foreign or stateless Jews living on their soil, they were less enthusiastic in sacrificing French Jews to German demands. As deportations resumed in 1943, German administrators noted that French police seemed less committed to rounding up indigenous Jews, while Laval himself refused to strip French Jews of their citizenship to facilitate deportation. Thanks to the obstruction of French officials, the vast majority of Jews with French citizenship survived the Holocaust.
Yet the cost paid in lives was still enormous. Historian Michael Marrus has noted that although the “'Final Solution' in France was a Nazi project from beginning to end,” it is unlikely that German authorities would have been successful in deporting such a large number of Jews from France without the aid and cooperation of French police and administrators.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 10, 2024
3. École Élémentaire Godefroy Cavaignac Deported Jewish Students Memorial - wider view
Credits. This page was last revised on December 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 111 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 5, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
