The Shoah (1939–1945)
Roundup of the notables
12 déc. 1941·Paris (notables)
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French Jews selected from the liberal professions are arrested at their homes and taken to Compiègne.
In the early hours of the twelfth day of December, German police arrest lawyers, doctors, academics, and writers from the affluent neighborhoods of Paris — all French citizens and many of them veterans. It is the first roundup deliberately targeting prominent figures, rather than foreign Jews. The men are taken to the École militaire and then to the camp at Compiègne, where winter and hunger kill several dozen of them before any departure. The convoy that carries them toward Upper Silesia the following spring is one of the first to leave France.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- France
Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris ; Yad Vashem, base des communautés.