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Vel' d'Hiv Roundup
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The Vel' d'Hiv' Roundup was a mass arrest of Jewish families by French police and gendarmes at the behest of the German authorities, that took place in Paris on 16–17 July 1942. The roundup was one of several aimed at eradicating the Jewish population in France, both in the occupied zone and in the free zone that took place in 1942, as part of Opération Vent printanier. Planned by René Bousquet, Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, Theodor Dannecker and Helmut Knochen; It was the largest French deportation of Jews during the Holocaust.
Two Jewish women in occupied Paris wearing the yellow Star of David badge in June 1942, a few weeks before the mass arrest
Two Jewish women in occupied Paris wearing the yellow Star of David badge in June 1942, a few weeks before the mass arrest
23 January 1943: German-Vichy French meeting in Marseille. SS-Sturmbannführer Bernhard Griese [fr], Antoine Lemoine [fr] (regional préfet for Marseill
23 January 1943: German-Vichy French meeting in Marseille. SS-Sturmbannführer Bernhard Griese [fr], Antoine Lemoine [fr] (regional préfet for Marseille), Rolf Mühler [de], (Commander of Marseille's Sicherheitspolizei), -laughing- René Bousquet (General Secretary of the French National Police created in 1941) creator of the GMRs, -behind- Louis Darquier de Pellepoix (Commissioner for Jewish Affairs).
A French gendarme guarding Jews held at the Drancy internment camp
A French gendarme guarding Jews held at the Drancy internment camp
Commemorative plaque to the 8,160 victims held in the Vel' d'Hiv after the 16–17 July 1942 roundup of Jews in Paris. Inaugurated on 20 July 2008, the
Commemorative plaque to the 8,160 victims held in the Vel' d'Hiv after the 16–17 July 1942 roundup of Jews in Paris. Inaugurated on 20 July 2008, the plaque is facing the Bir-Hakeim metro station on the Boulevard de Grenelle [fr] in the (15th arrondissement of Paris), a few meters from the site of the former Vel d'Hiv
René Bousquet
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René Bousquet was a high-ranking French political appointee who served as secretary general to the Vichy French police from May 1942 to 31 December 1943. For personal heroism, he had become a protégé of prominent officials before the war and had risen rapidly in the government.
Bousquet in 1943
Bousquet in 1943
Two Jewish women in occupied Paris wearing the Yellow Star of David badge in June 1942, a few weeks before the mass arrest
Two Jewish women in occupied Paris wearing the Yellow Star of David badge in June 1942, a few weeks before the mass arrest
René Bousquet, in fur-trimmed coat, posing with Nazi German officials in 1943.
René Bousquet, in fur-trimmed coat, posing with Nazi German officials in 1943.
Bousquet at his trial in June 1948
Bousquet at his trial in June 1948