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What happened to Jewish People living in France during
WW2Michael Dixon
France
• In 1940 the Germans invaded and occupied half of France and the part they did not own was called unoccupied France.
• The Germans lost their hold on France in 1944 and from then on the Germans went on to lose the war.
Jewish Discrimination
• In France the Jews were treated harshly by the Germans.
• A number of laws meant that the Jewish people had no freedom and were labelled with stars of David.
• Jews were bullied by the police force who would arrest them for doing nothing wrong.
Jewish Imprisonment
• When a Jew was arrested he would be taken to a massive village surrounded by armed guards were he could be kept until they moved him.
• These holding areas were called Ghettos.
• One of the largest was Drancy.
Drancy
• Drancy was a holding camp which then deported its captives to concentration camps to be murdered.
• 65,000 Jews were deported to Drancy– 63,000 of them were murdered– 6,000 of them were children– 2,000 of them survived Drancy when the Allies liberated
it.
17 km
Drancy Memorial
• What the Drancy memorial symbolises:– 3 stone blocks make the hebrew letter SCHIN. – The two lateral blocks symbolize the Gate of Death. – The central block features 10 people - the required
number for prayer.A man and a woman in the foreground stand for Suffering and Dignity Two overturned heads at the bottom symbolize death.
– Two flights of 7 narrowing steps lead to the Gate of Death. They symbolize the ascent of the victims' souls.
Drancy Memorial