Square Edouard Vaillant, 20eme (2)

2014, 12.5" x 18"

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Arrêté par la police du gouvernement de Vichy, complice de l'occupant nazi, plus de 11,000 enfants furent déportés de France de 1942 à 1944 et assassinés à Auschwitz parce qu'ils étaient nés Juifs. Plus de 1000 de ces enfants vivaient dans le 20ème arrondissement parmi eux 133 Tout-Petits n'ont pas eu le temps de fréquenter une école. Passant, lis leur nom. Ta mémoire est leur unique sépulture. Jacques 2 ans, Evelyne 4 ans, Sabine 4 ans, Raymonde 3 ans, Paulette 1 an, Jean-Charles 2 ans, Daniele 19 jours, Georges 2 ans, Monique 2 ans, Emile 3 ans, Jacqueline 10 mois, Lucienne 7 ans, Serge 2 ans. Ne les oublions jamais.

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Arrested by the police of the Vichy government, in complicity with the Nazi occupation, more than 11,000 children were deported from France between 1942 and 1944 and assassinated at Auschwitz because they were born Jews. More than 1000 of these children lived in the 20th district, among whom 133 very young children (who) never had the chance to attend school. You who pass by, read their names. Your memory is their only monument. Jacques 2 years old, Evelyne, 4 years old, Sabine 4 years old, Raymonde 3 years old, Paulette 1 year old, Jean-Charles 2 years old, Daniele 19 days old, Georges 2 years old, Monique 2 years old, Emile 3 years old, Jacqueline 10 months, Lucienne 7 years old, Serge 2 years old. We must never forget them.