Historical Events tagged with "drancy"
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Politics & Government
Deportation of Jews from Drancy Camp Begins
March 27th, 1942 82 years ago
In March 1942, Nazi Germany and Vichy France orchestrated the deportation of approximately 65,000 Jews detained at the Drancy internment camp. Drancy, located just outside Paris, became a central hub for the rounding up and deportation of Jews during the Holocaust. The deportees were transported in poor conditions to German extermination camps as part of the Nazis' systematic plan to eliminate the Jewish population of Europe.
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