The Vel' d'Hiv Roundup was part of what plan to exterminate Jews during World War II?
Vel' d'Hiv Roundup The Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (French: "Rafle du Vélodrome d'Hiver", commonly called the "Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv: "Vel' d'Hiv Police Roundup / Raid"") was a Nazi-directed raid and mass arrest of Jews in Paris by the French police, code named " Opération Vent printanier "("Operation Spring Breeze"), on 16 and 17 July 1942. The name "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" is derived from the nickname of the "Vélodrome d'hiver" ("Winter Velodrome"), a bicycle velodrome and stadium where a majority of the victims were temporarily confined. The roundup, assisted by the French Milice, a Nazi-supported parallel police force, was one of several aimed at eradicating the Jewish population in France, both in the occupied zone and in the free zone. According to records of the " Préfecture de Police", 13,152 Jews were arrested, including more than 4,000 children. They were held at the "Vélodrome d'hiver" in extremely crowded conditions, almost without food and water, and with no sanitary facilities, as well as at the Drancy, Pithiviers, and Beaune-la-Rolande internment camps, then shipped in rail cattle cars to Auschwitz for their mass murder.
Vichy anti-Jewish legislation Anti-Jewish laws were enacted by the Vichy France government in 1940 and 1941 affecting metropolitan France and its overseas territories during World War II. These laws were, in fact, decrees of head of state Marshal Philippe Pétain, since Parliament was no longer in office as of none }} . The motivation for the legislation was spontaneous and was not mandated by Germany. These laws were declared null and void on 9 August 1944 after liberation and on the restoration of republican legality.