Picpus in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Collège Jean-Françoise Oeben Deported Jewish Students Memorial
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 10, 2024
1. Collège Jean-Françoise Oeben Deported Jewish Students Memorial Marker
de cette ancienne école de filles
devenue College Jean-François Oeben
déportés de 1942 à 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
In memory of the students of this former girls' school which became the College Jean-François Oeben, 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 2005.
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° 50.91′ N, 2° 23.161′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Picpus. It is on Rue de Reuilly, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address:
this page online
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: Manufacture de Glaces de Reuilly / Reuilly Mirror Factory (a few steps from this marker); Jardin Martha Desrumaux (2019) (within shouting distance of this marker); 46ème Regiment d’Infanterie Caserne / 46th Infantry Regiment Barracks (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Émeute du Réveillon / Reveillon Riot (about 210 meters away); La Folie Titon (about 210 meters away); La Premiere Montgolfiere / The First Hot Air Balloon Flight (about 210 meters away); Jardin de la Folie Titon (2007) (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Aimé Berurier (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.
Also see . . . The Deportation of the Jews from France (Yad Vashem).
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 10, 2024
2. Collège Jean-Françoise Oeben Deported Jewish Students Memorial - wide view
A total of some 76,000 Jews from France, most of them from Paris, among them 11,000 children, were deported by train to the East. Most of the deportees were murdered in Auschwitz. Most of the deportations left France from the concentration camp of Drancy. The deportations continued even as the Allies had begun to liberate France. The last transport left France in August 1944, while the battle for Paris was being fought. Of all the Jews deported from France to the extermination camps in the East, a total of some 2,500 survived.(Submitted on December 6, 2024.)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 6, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 115 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 6, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
