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What happened to Jewish People living in France
during WW2

• Michael Dixon

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France

• In 1940 the Germans invaded and occupied half of
  France and the part they did not own was called
  unoccupied France.
• The Germans lost their hold on France in 1944 and
  from then on the Germans went on to lose the war.

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Jewish Discrimination

• In France the Jews were treated harshly by the
  Germans.
• A number of laws meant that the Jewish people had
  no freedom and were labelled with stars of David.
• Jews were bullied by the police force who would
  arrest them for doing nothing wrong.

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Jewish Imprisonment

• When a Jew was arrested he would be taken to a
  massive village surrounded by armed guards were
  he could be kept until they moved him.
• These holding areas were called Ghettos.
• One of the largest was Drancy.

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Drancy

• Drancy was a holding camp which then deported its
  captives to concentration camps to be murdered.
• 65,000 Jews were deported to Drancy
• 63,000 of them were murdered
• 6,000 of them were children
• 2,000 of them survived Drancy when the Allies
  liberated it.

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Drancy Memorial

• What the Drancy memorial symbolises
• 3 stone blocks make the hebrew letter SCHIN.
• The two lateral blocks symbolize the Gate of
  Death.
• The central block features 10 people - the
  required number for prayer.A man and a woman in
  the foreground stand for Suffering and Dignity
  Two overturned heads at the bottom symbolize
  death.
• Two flights of 7 narrowing steps lead to the Gate
  of Death. They symbolize the ascent of the
  victims' souls.

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Drancy Memorial