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France remembers its horror of sending 13,000 Jews to Nazi Germany during Vel d’Hiv deportations

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France remembers its horror of sending 13,000 Jews to Nazi Germany during Vel d’Hiv deportations

France remembers its horror of sending 13,000 Jews to Nazi Germany during Vel d’Hiv deportations

Eight decades later, France is honouring the victims of two terrifying days in July 1942 with a week of ceremonies surrounding the Vel d’Hiv police roundup.


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