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

Rafle du «Billet Vert » / Green Ticket Roundup

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, July 26, 2022

1. Rafle du «Billet Vert » / Green Ticket Roundup Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

À la mémoire des 3,710 hommes arrêtés lors de la rafle du «Billet Vert» le 14 mai 1941 par la police française sur ordre de l'occupant nazi
Nombre d'entre eux furent rassemblés en ce lieu puis internés dans les camps du Loiret avant d'être déportés à Auschwitz pour le seul fait d'être nés juifs.

(English translation:)

In memory of the 3,710 persons arrested during the “Green Ticket” roundup on May 14, 1941 by the French police on the orders of the Nazi occupiers. Many of them were gathered in this place and then interned in the Loiret camps before being deported for the sole fact of being born Jewish.

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. A significant historical date for this entry is May 14, 1941.

Location. 48° 51.386′ N, 2° 21.225′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Saint Gervais. Memorial is on Rue de Lobau, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4 Rue de Lobau, Paris, Île-de-France 75004, France. Touch for directions.

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within walking distance of this marker. Commune de Paris / The Paris Commune (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Hippolyte Perrau (about 240 meters away); Bertrand du Guesclin (about 240 meters away); Charles Nègre (1820-1880) (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Camille Claudel (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); The Bells of Notre Dame (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Square Jean XXIII (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Emile Bernard (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

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Also see . . . Green Ticket Roundup (Wikipedia).

Overview: The green ticket roundup (French: rafle du billet vert), also known as the green card roundup, took place on 14 May 1941 during the Nazi occupation of France. The mass arrest started a day after French Police delivered a green card (billet vert) to 6694 foreign Jews living in Paris, instructing them to report for a "status check".

Over half reported as instructed, most of them Polish and Czech. They were arrested and deported to one of two transit camps in France. Most of them were interned for a year before getting deported to Auschwitz and killed. The Green ticket roundup was the first mass arrest of Jews by the Vichy Regime during World War Two; it was followed just over a year later
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, July 26, 2022

2. Rafle du «Billet Vert » / Green Ticket Roundup Marker - wide view
by the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup when over 13,000 Jews were deported and murdered.

(Submitted on January 27, 2023.)

Additional keywords. Holocaust

Rafle du «Billet Vert » / Green Ticket Roundup Marker - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, July 26, 2022

3. Rafle du «Billet Vert » / Green Ticket Roundup Marker - wider view

First major roundup of Jews in Paris, 14 May 1941 image. Click for full size.

Courtesy of the Archives National (via Wikimedia Commons), May 14, 1941

4. First major roundup of Jews in Paris, 14 May 1941

Credits. This page was last revised on August 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 27, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 133 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 27, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.