Vel d’Hiv Roundup
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The Vel d’Hiv Roundup was a mass arrest and internment of thousands of Jews in Paris by French police in July 1942, carried out under Nazi direction and remembered as one of the most notorious acts of collaboration in occupied France.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust event in France
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antisemitic persecution event ⓘ mass arrest ⓘ police operation ⓘ |
| acknowledgedAs | responsibility of the French state ⓘ |
| acknowledgedBy | French government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acknowledgedInSpeechBy | Jacques Chirac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acknowledgmentDate | 1995 ⓘ |
| ageOfOldestVictims | elderly ⓘ |
| ageOfYoungestVictims | infants ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rafle du Vélodrome d’Hiver
NERFINISHED
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Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedAs |
act of collaboration
ⓘ
crime against humanity ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
annual ceremonies in France
ⓘ
memorials in Paris ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| deathToll | most deportees murdered in extermination camps ⓘ |
| directedBy | Nazi authorities ⓘ |
| endDate | 1942-07-17 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
deportations to Auschwitz concentration camp
ⓘ
deportations to Drancy internment camp ⓘ deportations to Nazi extermination camps ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major episode of state antisemitism in France
ⓘ
symbol of French collaboration in the Holocaust ⓘ |
| legalFramework | antisemitic laws of Vichy France ⓘ |
| location | Paris ⓘ |
| numberOfChildrenArrested | over 4000 ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleArrested |
around 13500
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over 13000 ⓘ |
| occupyingPower | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
French General Directorate of Police
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vichy regime authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetrator | French police ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Drancy internment camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Vichy France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rememberedFor |
arrest of thousands of Jewish children
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role of French police in arresting Jews ⓘ |
| result |
mass deportation of Jews from France
ⓘ
very few survivors ⓘ |
| startDate | 1942-07-16 ⓘ |
| targetedGroup |
Jews
NERFINISHED
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foreign Jews in France ⓘ stateless Jews in France ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Holocaust
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| tookPlaceAt | Vélodrome d’Hiver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn |
Occupied France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Occupied Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| victimDemographic | men, women, and children ⓘ |
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