Picture of France
Caption: The Echos of the Occupation in France
Caption: The Vichy government was in collusion with the Nazis during the occupation of France. The Vichy government helped gather Jewish children and then held these children in concentration camps located in France before sending them off to their deaths. The Vichy government came up with and operated the concentration camps.
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Caption: There were 11,000 Jewish children deported from France during the Nazi occupation of 1942-1944 at the hands of the Vichy government. Of those, this memorial plaque names 101 children from the 4th arrondissement who did not have the chance to attend school before being killed at Auschwitz. The youngest child named was Paulette Wajncwajg who was just 27 days old.
Picture of Paris
Caption: This plaque is placed above the home in memorial of a Jewish family who was deported and killed during the Nazi occupation at the hands of the Vichy government.
Paris
Caption: Plaques like this one are a reminder of how the Vichy government was in collusion with the Nazi’s during the occupation. The plaques and markers throughout Paris serve as a constant reminder of how the Vichy government played a part in the death of the Jewish people. These signs were placed years after the war, but they still are relevant today.
Picture of Rosiers Joseph Migneret Garden
Rosiers Joseph Migneret Garden
Caption: Joseph Migneret was a part of the resistance in France. He hid Jewish children in the attic of his home and surrounding areas to protect them from deportation to concentration camps.
Picture of Rosiers Joseph Migneret Garden
Rosiers Joseph Migneret Garden
Caption: This was Joseph Migneret’s home where he secretly kept Jewish children in his attic in order to keep them safe from deportations during the occupation.
Picture of Paris
Paris
Caption: A plaque is placed outside of schools to recognize and remember the Jewish children who had attended the school. At this school 260 children were deported to concentration camps at the hands of the Vichy.
Picture of Allée des Justes de France
Caption: This street was renamed after WWII in honor of the Jews who were deported during the occupation.
Picture of Mémorial de la Shoah
Caption: The size of the Jewish ghetto was nearly split in half after the deportations in 1941-1942. The colored dots represent signs of resistance to the deportations.
Picture of Mémorial de la Shoah
Mémorial de la Shoah
Caption: These files contained the names of Jews who were arrested, detained, or deported from France between 1941 and 1944.
Picture of Mémorial de la Shoah
Mémorial de la Shoah
Caption: The Shoah Memorial walls are lined with the names of those who did not survive the holocaust. The names are in alphabetical order with the date of their birth. At the top of the wall is the year of the war that the person died.
Picture of Mémorial de la Shoah
Mémorial de la Shoah
Caption: Claude Valaix was born in 1943 and died in 1943. There are many names on these walls and Claude is just one of many who barely lived their life before being killed.
Picture of Mémorial de la Shoah
Caption: Candles are lit in memory of loved ones.
Picture of Le Mur des Justes
Caption: “The Wall of the Righteous”
Le Mur des Justes
Caption: This wall was dedicated to those who helped Jewish people during the occupation by providing shelter, food, and even identity papers. There is still space on the wall for future names to be added.
Picture of Sacha Finkelsztajn - La Boutique Jaune
Sacha Finkelsztajn - La Boutique Jaune
Caption: Two years after WWII ended, this Jewish restaurant was open up in 1946 by a father and son who survived the deportations of the ghetto and possibly concentration camps.
