The Vél’ d’Hiv’ ceremony
Dedicated resources
As part of the “National Day of Remembrance of the victims of racist and antisemitic crimes by the French State and in honour of the Righteous of France”, on Sunday, 19 July, a ceremony presided over by the Minister for Remembrance and Veterans was held at the memorial to the Vél’ d’Hiv’ roundup, at Quai de Grenelle, Paris.
Image source: Square de la Place-des-Martyrs-Juifs-du-Vélodrome-d’Hiver, where a sculpture by Walter Spitzer and Mario Azagury entitled
“N’oublions jamais” (Let us never forget) remembers the victims of the roundup of Jews on 16 and 17 July 1942, at 8, Boulevard de Grenelle, 15th arrondissement of Paris. © Département AERI
National Day of Remembrance of the victims of racist and antisemitic crimes by the French State and in honour of the Righteous of France
Watch the full ceremony in memory of the roundup of 16 July 1942
Alternative connection available in case of streaming issues: https://youtu.be/39HyhrZB5YU
Access a whole series of resources to understand, contextualise and honour the memory of the victims
Historical articles
- An overview of the roundup of 16 July 1942
- An overview ofthe roundup of 26 August 1942
- The major roundups of Jews in France (article by Claude Singer)
- 20 January 1942, the turning-point of the Wannsee Conference (article by Annette Wieviorka)
Interviews, conferences and learning resources
- Who were the Righteous of France? A conversation with Pierre-François Veil, chairman of the Yad Vashem French Committee
- The liberation of the Nazi camps, a conference with Tal Bruttmann
- The world of the concentration camps, a conference with Annette Wieviorka and an educational proposal from Laurence de Cock
- The return of the deportees, a conference with Olivier Lalieu and an educational proposal from Marie-France Montel
- Teaching about deportation. Conclusion of an interdisciplinary conference at the Shoah Memorial auditorium, by Tristan Lecoq, inspector-general of national education
Exhibitions and remembrance sites
- Access the resources of the Children of Vel d’Hiv Memorial Museum
- View events at the Chambon-sur-Lignon Memorial and visit the exhibition “The Righteous and the saving of the Jews in Europe”
- Visit the Shoah Memorial Foundation and find out about the commemorations of the Vel d’Hiv roundup
- Understanding, seeing, acting. View the MOOCs offered by the Camp des Milles memorial site and understand how racism can lead to genocide
- Discover the Shoah Memorial and visit the exhibition on the Jewish deportees from France who escaped the Holocaust