18 July 2021 - Ceremony of the Vél’ d'Hiv roundup
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, 18 July, a ceremony presided over by the Minister for Remembrance and Veterans will be held at the memorial to the Vél’ d’Hiv’ roundup, at Quai de Grenelle, Paris.
Image source: 1957 Commemoration. © Mémorial de la Shoah - 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
Read the message from the Minister for Remembrance and Veterans at the Ministry of the Armed Forces
Watch the full ceremony in memory of the roundup of 17 July 1942
Watch the film produced by the DPMA, as part of the national initiative to combat discrimination, led by the Interministerial Delegation to Combat Racism, Anti-Semitism and Anti-LGBT Hate (DILCRAH)
refers specifically to the actions of the Righteous, civilians who protected Jews during the war, presenting them alongside contributions from present-day secondary school students.
Access a whole series of resources to understand, contextualise and honour the memory of the victims
Historical articles
- A web documentary by Stéphanie Trouillard and France 24, on the roundup of May 1941 dite "known as the “green ticket roundup”, the first mass arrest of Jews in France
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An overview of the roundup of 26 August 1942
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The The major roundups of Jews in France (article by Claude Singer)
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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
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The liberation of the Nazi camps, a conference with Tal Bruttmann
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The world of the concentration camps, a conference with Annette Wieviorka and an educational purpose Laurence de Cock
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• The return of the deportees, a conference with Olivier Lalieu and an educational proposal from Marie-France Montel
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Teaching about deportation. Conclusion of an interdisciplinary conference at the Shoah Memorial auditorium, by Tristan Lecoq, inspector-general of national education
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Watch an interview with Karine Taieb, director of archives at the Shoah Memorial
Exhibitions and remembrance sites
- Visitthe site of Mont Valérien, a major national remembrance site of the Ministry of the Armed Forces and the site of the first executions of Jews in December 1941
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Access the ressources of the Children of Vel d’Hiv Memorial Museum
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View events at the Chambon-sur-Lignon Museum and visit the exhibition « The Righteous ans the saving og the Jews in Europe »
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Visit the Shoah Memorial Foundation and find about the commemoration of the Vel d'Hiv roundup
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Understanding, seeing, acting. View the MOOCs offered by the Camp des Milles memorial site and understand how racism can lead to genocide
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Discover the Shoah Memorial and visit the exhibition on the Jewish deportees from France who escaped the Holocaust