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Rafle du Vel'd'Hiv
The Rafle du Vel'd'Hiv (short in French for the Vélodrome d'hiver's raid) is the name of the July 16, 1942 raid during the Vichy regime, when the French police forces arrested 12,884 Jews — including 4,051 children which the Gestapo had not asked for — 5,802 women and 3,031 men. Regardless, they were all sent to Drancy deportation camp, guarded by French police, before being sent to concentration camps.
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