Vélodrome D Hiver Roundup Of 1942 Analysis
Vélodrome d’Hiver Roundup of 1942: “Black Thursday”
Jessica den Hollander
Mr. M. Brandsma
CHC2D
December 13, 2012
On July 16, 1942, the Vichy government ordered that all Jews were to be arrested and sent off to concentration camps. It was the biggest operation of its kind during the German occupation of France in World War II. Despite the misconception that the Germans were basically the main anti-Semites in Europe, the French also showed a large contribution as well through the Vélodrome d’Hiver Roundup in 1942. The French clearly displayed anti-Semitism by rounding the Jews up themselves instead of the Germans, cramming the Jews into the Vélodrome d’Hiver stadium and sending them to horrible concentration camps.
On the morning of July 16, 1942, approximately 9, 000 French police went into action to arrest the …show more content…
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Jessica den Hollander
Mr. M. Brandsma
CHC2D
December 13, 2012
On July 16, 1942, the Vichy government ordered that all Jews were to be arrested and sent off to concentration camps. It was the biggest operation of its kind during the German occupation of France in World War II. Despite the misconception that the Germans were basically the main anti-Semites in Europe, the French also showed a large contribution as well through the Vélodrome d’Hiver Roundup in 1942. The French clearly displayed anti-Semitism by rounding the Jews up themselves instead of the Germans, cramming the Jews into the Vélodrome d’Hiver stadium and sending them to horrible concentration camps.
On the morning of July 16, 1942, approximately 9, 000 French police went into action to arrest the …show more content…
“Drancy Transit Camp,” Accessed December 12, 2013. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Drancy.html
De Rosnay, Tatiana. Sarah’s Key. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2007.
Gilbert, Adrian. “Vel d 'Hiv, Paris 1942: These black hours will stain our history forever.” Accessed December 5, 2013. http://www.theguardian.com/sarahs-key/vel-dhiv-paris-1942-world-war-two-adrian-gilbert
Jackson, Julian. France: The Dark Years 1940-1944. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001
Lees, David. “Remembering the Vel D’Hiv Roundup.” Accessed December 5, 2013. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/knowledge/culture/roundups/
Longerich, Peter. Holocaust: The Nazi Persecution and Murder of the Jews. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Marrus, Michael R., and Robert O. Paxton. Vichy France and the Jews. California: Stanford University Press, 1981.
Trueman, Chris. “Drancy Transit Camp,” Accessed December 12, 2013. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/drancy_transit_camp.htm
Zuccotti, Susan. The Holocaust, the French and the Jews. New York: Basic Books,