Roquette in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Ecole Maternelle Publique Popincourt Deported Jewish Students Memorial
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 10, 2024
1. Ecole Maternelle Publique Popincourt Deported Jewish Students Memorial
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 2002.
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° 51.441′ N, 2° 22.64′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Roquette. It is on Rue Popincourt, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 12 Rue Popincourt, Paris, Île-de-France 75011, France. Touch for directions.
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.
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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 January 22, 2025.)
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 ParisianJewish reporter, Jacques Bielinky….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.”Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 10, 20242. Ecole Maternelle Publique Popincourt Deported Jewish Students Memorial - wide viewThe memorial is visible here mounted to the school building on the right.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 22, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 124 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 22, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
