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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vel d’Hiv Roundup canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Vel d’Hiv Roundup Context triple: [German occupation of France, significantEvent, Vel d’Hiv Roundup]
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Birkenau cycle
The Birkenau cycle is a series of abstract paintings by Gerhard Richter that grapple with the memory and representation of the Holocaust, based on blurred and overpainted photographs from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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Sonderkommando 4a
Sonderkommando 4a was a Nazi Einsatzkommando unit of Einsatzgruppe C responsible for mass shootings and genocidal operations, particularly against Jews, in the occupied Soviet Union during World War II.
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Judenplatz
Judenplatz is a historic square in Vienna’s city center known for its medieval Jewish quarter remains and the Holocaust Memorial.
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SS-Sonderkommando Kulmhof
SS-Sonderkommando Kulmhof was the Nazi SS unit responsible for operating the Chełmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp in occupied Poland, where mass killings of Jews and other victims were carried out primarily using gas vans.
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E.
Lidice massacre
The Lidice massacre was a World War II atrocity in which Nazi forces destroyed the Czech village of Lidice and murdered most of its inhabitants in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Vel d’Hiv Roundup Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Birkenau cycle
The Birkenau cycle is a series of abstract paintings by Gerhard Richter that grapple with the memory and representation of the Holocaust, based on blurred and overpainted photographs from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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B.
Sonderkommando 4a
Sonderkommando 4a was a Nazi Einsatzkommando unit of Einsatzgruppe C responsible for mass shootings and genocidal operations, particularly against Jews, in the occupied Soviet Union during World War II.
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C.
Judenplatz
Judenplatz is a historic square in Vienna’s city center known for its medieval Jewish quarter remains and the Holocaust Memorial.
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D.
SS-Sonderkommando Kulmhof
SS-Sonderkommando Kulmhof was the Nazi SS unit responsible for operating the Chełmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp in occupied Poland, where mass killings of Jews and other victims were carried out primarily using gas vans.
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E.
Lidice massacre
The Lidice massacre was a World War II atrocity in which Nazi forces destroyed the Czech village of Lidice and murdered most of its inhabitants in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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World War II ⓘ |
| tookPlaceAt | Vélodrome d’Hiver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn |
Occupied France
NERFINISHED
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Occupied Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| victimDemographic | men, women, and children ⓘ |
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Subject: Vel d’Hiv Roundup Description of subject: 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.
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