How Did Hitler's The Ve Lodrome D Hiver Round Up

There were many things that happened in the 1940’s, during World War 2 there were many round ups for the Jews. One of these round ups was called The Ve’lodrome d’Hiver Roundup. This was one of the first round ups Hitler started. Hitler was the dictator of Germany. Many people didn’t like the Jews for lots of different reasons. Some of these conflicts were between religions, social, economic problems. The conflicts just added up until people started doing something about the Jews. There were not many people that knew what all they were going to do to the Jews. Many thought they were just taking them to camps to work.
During this particular round up they started taking the Jews in May and June in 1942. The Nazi’s took the Jews from Germany, Austria,
She was only eight years old when the French police came into her house and took her. Madeline was taken with her mother and younger sister Arlette who was six at the time. Their father was took earlier in the year, they were really upset about his arrest. Her mother was upset the most because she didn’t think she could keep their children safe. Madelines mother tried giving food and clothes to her husband in the camp but the guards wouldn’t let her. This made her really upset and she cried on the bus back home. A woman came up to her and asked what was wrong, they ladies husband was one of the head guards at the camp and she promised Madelines mother that she would help them. His name was Gaston Schiffimacher, he was a police officer originally from Lorraine. He was forced to join Hitlers army and then became a guard at the concentration camp. (Klieger, 10)
After all of this happened, Madeline her mother and sister started hiding out and staying with people. They stayed with the officer and her husband for a while. Madelines mother was working for a fur company in France, they were also supposed to help hide and save them. They promised they were going to help the family’s father but never did. The family relied on the fur company for many things and they did many things to help them. (Klieger,
Time passed and after the war the families father never came back and the mother died of a stroke. After Madeline’s mother died she started working for the fur company at the age of 13; she never went back to school because she worked. When Madeline was much older she married Yosef Testyler, he was also a Jew. After a while they moved to Israel, where they were free and didn’t have to worry about getting killed. (Klieger, 10) (Cecile Widerman Kaufer, Holocaust Survivor, Recounts 1942 Vel D'Hiv Roundup In Paris Stadium, 2012)
Another lady was also taken during this roundup; her name was Cecile Widerman Kaufman. She was 11 years old when she was arrested, along with two sisters and parents. Her mother had tuberculosis. When the family got arrested they went to the stadium too and they were split up. They father tried to keep the family together because of the mother’s illness, but only Cecile and her younger sister got to stay with her. They took them all right to the hospital and the father and older sister stayed at the stadium. (Cecile Widerman Kaufer, Holocaust Survivor, Recounts 1942 Vel D'Hiv Roundup In Paris Stadium,