Velodrome Du Hiver incident
Subject:
World History [1]
Tags:
Nazi Germany [2]
Vichy France [3]
The Holocaust [4]
world war II [5]
Jewish history [6]
Antisemitism [7]
Adolf Eichmann [11]
Roundup [12]
Extermination camp [13]
1 The Roundup at the Velodrome Du Hiver ?Operation Spring Wind? The actions completed on July 16, 1942 in Paris, France will be remembered forever. The events that occurred in the Velodrome du Hiver will forever affect Jewish families and communities in France, and around the world. The roundup executed by the French Duchy police had many consequences in France, however it is generally little known today.