On july 16 and 17, 1942, thousands of jews in paris were. Doctors during the veldhiv roundup on july 16 and 17, 1942. The name vel dhiv roundup is derived from the nickname of the velodrome d hiver. The infamy of the vel dhiv was part of an undertaking that had no. Theres evidently a childrens book on the subject as wellits call. The crime committed in france, by france by francois hollande. The french police at the service of the gestapo rajsfus. As well as a cycling track, it was used for ice hockey, wrestling, boxing, rollerskating, circuses, bullfighting, spectaculars, and demonstrations. Vel d hiv police roundupraid was a nazidirected raid and mass arrest of jews in paris by the french police, codenamed operation vent printanier operation spring breeze, on 16 and 17 july 1942. The vel dhiv roundup was the greatest massarrest of jews ever carried. Vel d hiv police roundup raid, was a nazi directed raid and mass arrest of jews in paris by the french police, code named operation vent printanier operation spring breeze, on 16 and 17 july 1942. Proud parisians referred to their velodrome simply as the vel dhiv. Rafle du velodrome d hiver, commonly called the rafle du vel d hiv.
Her haunting book, one of the finest i have read, is one of the few that made me cry. The name vel dhiv roundup is derived from the name of the velodrome d hiver. Summary seventyfive years ago, the vel d hiv roundup commonly called in french the rafle du vel d hiv, was a nazi decreed raid and mass arrest of jewish in paris by the french police on 16 and 17 july 1942. During the action,152 jews including 4115 children were captured and placed in. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. The velodrome d hiver or vel d hiv roundup was the largest french deportation of jews during the holocaust. Many were first sent to the velodrome d hiver vel d hiv stadium in paris. He is the author of 30 books, including many examining the vichy regime and its. By late afternoon on july 17, 12,884 jews, including 4,051 children, had been. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens.
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