French Police’s Mass Arrest of Jewish Families I SLICE HISTORY | FULL DOCUMENTARY

On 16 and 17 July 1942, 13 152 Jews were arrested in their homes by French police officers before the French State handed them over to the Nazis. This collaboration would lead to their mass extermination. This crime against humanity, born in the minds of the Nazis, but executed under the authority of Marshal Pétain, would leave an everlasting stain on History, Germany, and France. The event would be called the Vel’ d’Hiv round up, after the old Paris velodrome where 8 160 Jews were held, of which 4 115 children. This was just the start of a long ordeal that would take them from the velodrome to the Loiret camps and from Drancy to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Documentary: The Vet d’Hiv Roundup: Anatomy of a Crime Directed by: Fabrice Buysschaert Production: La Famiglia #documentary #freedocumentary #fulldocumentary #history #ww2 #france