France has commemorated the Vel d’Hiv roundup, a mass arrest of Jews by French police in 1942. More than 13,000 Jews were rounded up over two days in July 1942 and sent to Nazi death camps.
PARIS (AP) — France on Sunday commemorated the Vel d’Hiv roundup, a mass arrest of Jews by French police in 1942, one of the most shameful acts undertaken by the country’s wartime government.
French police rounded up thousands of Jews over two days i... [1761 chars]