Square Adolphe Chérioux, near Mairie du 15è, 17 very young children who didn't have time to grow enough to go to school were taken and sent to die in concentration camps during Rafle du Vel'd'Hiv. Passers-by are invited to remember their names, since "the passers-by's remembrance is their only grave".
The oldest of these children was 5 and the youngest was 2 months old.

I noticed this for the first time two days ago.



8 comments so far...

drsara February 19, 2010, 02:41 AM
ne les oublions jamais
mfdudu February 19, 2010, 06:12 AM
je ne connaissais pas cette plaque!!! merci pour eux!!!!
Fazou February 19, 2010, 07:50 AM
Je n'ai pas remarqué cette plaque non plus car je ne passe jamais dans ce Square; il faut que j'y aille!
TheRatRace February 19, 2010, 11:48 PM
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TheRatRace February 20, 2010, 12:20 AM
P. S. Je connais bien cet endroit -- mais la plaque n'etait pas là.
claudecf February 20, 2010, 08:30 AM
@TheRatRace, je serais incapable de dire si elle était là, la dernière fois où je suis passée. Là, c'est la gerbe qui a attiré mon attention. Il existe d'autres plaques, par exemple sur une école de la rue Violet, le XVème étant l'arrondissement de la Rafle du Veld'hiv.

De toutes façons, elle ne se trouve là que depuis le 13 novembre 2009, comme il est indiqué sur la gauche de la plaque.

Par ailleurs, je ne parle pas l'hébreu donc ne sais pas ce que disait ton premier commentaire ;)

TheRatRace February 20, 2010, 06:40 PM
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= zekher kadosh livrakha = "que la mémoire des saints soit en bénédiction"
C'est la formule qu'on utilise en hébreu comme signe d'honneur et de deuil pour le martyrs
drsara August 07, 2010, 12:09 AM
Hi, Claude, may I share this on Amazon? One of my Amazon friends suggested that I do so - he thought it very moving. The link didn't come through in my review of Sarah's Key...
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