Memorial to the deportation of the Jews from France
The Mémorial de la Déportation des Juifs de France ( Hebrew יָד לְגֵרוּשׁ יְהוּדֵי צָרְפַת Yad le-Gerūš Yəhūdey Tsarfat , German 'memorial for the deportation of the Jews of France' ) is a memorial in Israel to commemorate the deportation of the Jews from France during the time of National Socialism .
The memorial is located in a pine forest near Bet Shemesh near the moshav Neve Michael in the Elah Valley , which here belongs to the Mateh Jehuda District Council . The site was built on the initiative of the Association des Fils et Filles des Déportés Juifs de France (Association of Sons and Daughters of Jews Deported from France), chaired by Beate Klarsfeld and Serge Klarsfeld , and opened on June 18, 1981. The concept was developed by Simon Guerchon. The memorial measures 100 meters in length and 13 meters in height. On the monument all pages of the 1978 by Serge and Beate Klarsfeld published book of the same are on fiberglass panels Memorial de la Deportation des Juifs de France played that contains the deportation convoys with first and last name, date of birth and place of birth of the deportees. The pine forest around the memorial with 80,000 trees in memory of the 80,000 deported Jews from France was planted by the Jewish National Fund.
Two celebrations take place at the memorial every year: On the day of remembrance of the Shoah (27. Ijjar , April), on which the members of UNIFAN (Union of Immigrants from France, North Africa and the Francophonieהִתְאַחְדוּת עוֹלֵי צָרְפַת, צְפוֹן אַפְרִיקָה וְדוֹבְרֵי צָרְפָתִית Hit'aẖdūt 'Ōley Tsarfat, Tsfōn Afrīqah, wə-Dōvrey Tsarfatīt ) to hold a memorial service (in the presence of a delegation from the French embassy) following a workshop in Yad Vashem . On July 16 (anniversary of the raid in the Velodrome-Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris), the members of the Aloumim (עֲלוּמִים, Association of Israeli Children Who Hid in France During the Shoah) their relatives at the memorial.
See also
- History of the Jews in France
- Deportation of Jews from France
- Starting points of departure: Camp de Gurs , collection camp Drancy , KZ Royallieu , Les Milles , prison camp Voves , Pithiviers , Beaune-la-Rolande
- Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism in France
- Memorial in memory of the deportees in Yad Vashem
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Coordinates: 31 ° 40 ′ 25.8 " N , 35 ° 0 ′ 43.2" E