Vel' d'Hiv roundup
1942 mass arrest and deportation of Jews in Paris
Vel' d'Hiv roundup
The Vel' d'Hiv' roundup ( [vel ˈdiv] vell-DEEV; from French: la rafle du Vel' d'Hiv', an abbreviation of la rafle du Vélodrome d'Hiver) was a mass arrest of Jews in Paris on 16–17 July 1942 by Vichy French police at the behest of the German occupational authorities. Occurring during World War II, Jews arrested during the roundup were deported to Nazi Germany and targeted for extermination as part of the Holocaust. It was one of several measures aimed at eradicating French Jews in both the area of France under direct German occupation and the so-called "zone libre" that took place in 1942 as part of Opération Vent printanier (Operation Spring Wind). Planned by René Bousquet, Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, Theodor Dannecker and Helmut Knochen, the roundup was the largest deportation of Jews from France. According to Paris Police Prefecture records, 13,152 Jews were arrested, including 4,115 children. They were confined in the Vélodrome d'Hiver, an indoor sports arena, in extremely crowded...
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