In photos: Jewish museum shares moving images of 1941 Paris roundup
The newly discovered pictures, sent to The Connexion after our previous article on their discovery, show the reality behind the first mass arrest of Jewish people in France during World War Two
19 May 2021
May 14, 1941. Outside the Gymnase Japy in Paris, Jewish men, escorted by French police, were made to board buses that would take them on to prison camps in France before they were transported to AuschwitzBy Thomas Brent
A collection of newly discovered photos, now being exhibited outdoors in Paris, sheds light on the first mass arrest of Jewish people in France by French police during World War Two - an event known as the Rafle du Billet Vert (Green Ticket Roundup).