In this photo taken Monday, July 16, 2012 documents coming from the Archives of Paris Police Prefecture and showing lists of Jewish people registered during WWII, are presented for an exhibition of French archives on Shoah in Paris. The chilling archives of the biggest World War II deportation of French Jews are being opened up to public view for the first time. It coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Vel' d'Hiv roundup by Paris police of some 13,000 Jews over two days who were then sent to Auschwitz death camp. Photos, signatures and records of personal possessions from many of the victims are on display at a Paris district town hall. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
July 17, 2012 - 10:12 AM
PARIS - The chilling police archives of the biggest World War II deportation of French Jews are being opened up to public view for the first time, a rare portrayal of one of the darkest days of French collaboration with the Nazis.
The exhibit, opening Thursday, coincides with the 70th anniversary of the roundup by Paris police of some 13,000 Jews who were then sent to Auschwitz death camp.
Photos, signatures and records of personal possessions from many of the victims given on July 16 and 17, 1942, are on display at a Paris district town hall.
President Francois Hollande will give a speech commemorating the roundup on Sunday from the old winter velodrome, the first such ceremony in 17 years.
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