Quinze-Vingts in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Ecole Élementaire Diderot Deported Jewish Students Memorial
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 10, 2024
1. Ecole Élementaire Diderot Deported Jewish Students Memorial Marker
des élèves de cette école
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 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 2003.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
Location. 48° 50.768′ N, 2° 22.64′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Quinze-Vingts. It is at the intersection of Boulevard Diderot and Avenue Daumesnil, on the right when traveling east on Boulevard Diderot. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 40 Boulevard Diderot, Paris, Île-de-France 75012, France. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: August 1944 12th Arrondissement Police Memorial (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Jean Jemini (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); La Tour de l’horloge / The Clock Tower (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); A la mémoire des otages communistes fusillés / Executed Communist Hostages Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Commissaire Silvestri (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Aux Travailleurs Chinois pendant la Première Guerre Mondial / Chinese Workers WWI Monument (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Unknown Frenchman Liberation Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Paul Turgné (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.
Also see . . . The Holocaust in France (Wikipedia). Overview:
The Holocaust in France was the persecution, deportation, and annihilation of Jews between 1940(Submitted on December 11, 2024.)and 1944 in occupied France, metropolitan Vichy France, and in Vichy-controlled French North Africa, during World War II. The persecution began in 1940, and culminated in deportations of Jews from France to Nazi concentration camps in Nazi Germany and Nazi-occupied Poland. The deportation started in 1942 and lasted until July 1944. in 1940, 340,000 Jews, about one half French citizens and one-half refugees from Nazi Germany, were living in continental France. More than 75,000 Jews, mostly foreign Jews, were deported to death camps, where about 72,500 were killed.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 10, 20242. Ecole Élementaire Diderot Deported Jewish Students Memorial - wide view
Antisemitism was prevalent throughout Europe at the time. As in other German-occupied and aligned states, the Nazis in France relied to a considerable extent on the co-operation of local authorities to carry out what they called the Final Solution. The government of Vichy France and the French police organized and implemented the roundups of Jews. Although the vast majority of the deported Jews were killed, the overall survival rate of the Jewish population in France was up to 75%, which is one of the highest survival rates in Europe.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 10, 2024
3. Ecole Élementaire Diderot Deported Jewish Students Memorial - wider view
Credits. This page was last revised on December 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 11, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 116 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 11, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
