July 16, 1942 is a day Madeleine Testyler, like all Jews living in occupied Paris at the time, will never forget. On that day, 13,152 Jews, mostly women and children, were rounded up and taken to Vélodrome d'Hiver, the indoor cycling track next to the Eifel Tower. Within days they were sent from there to the Drancy, Pithiviers, Compiègne and Beaune-la-Rolande transit camps, from which they were transported to Auschwitz. Less then 40 of them got out alive."
Friday, September 3, 2010
(BLOG) Paris Holocaust Roundup Survivor Tells Her Story
"When she was just eight years old, Madeleine Testyler was taken - together with over 13,000 of Paris' Jews - to city's winter stadium to be transferred to concentration camps. Now, with release of new film 'La Rafle', she speaks of her survival.
July 16, 1942 is a day Madeleine Testyler, like all Jews living in occupied Paris at the time, will never forget. On that day, 13,152 Jews, mostly women and children, were rounded up and taken to Vélodrome d'Hiver, the indoor cycling track next to the Eifel Tower. Within days they were sent from there to the Drancy, Pithiviers, Compiègne and Beaune-la-Rolande transit camps, from which they were transported to Auschwitz. Less then 40 of them got out alive."
July 16, 1942 is a day Madeleine Testyler, like all Jews living in occupied Paris at the time, will never forget. On that day, 13,152 Jews, mostly women and children, were rounded up and taken to Vélodrome d'Hiver, the indoor cycling track next to the Eifel Tower. Within days they were sent from there to the Drancy, Pithiviers, Compiègne and Beaune-la-Rolande transit camps, from which they were transported to Auschwitz. Less then 40 of them got out alive."
