Paris, July 1942, and the Vel d’Hiv Roundup

Ryan Woodward, Library & Education Associate July 16-17 marks the 80th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, an important piece of French Holocaust history. Vel d'Hiv is an abbreviated name of the Vélodrome d'Hiver (Winter Cycling Stadium) where Jews in Paris were held after a mass arrest by French police on July 16 and 17,…