Location: 85 Quai d'Austerlitz, 75013 Paris, Paris.
From this station, thousands of Jews were deported to Nazi concentration and extermination camps. The first major convoy left on March 27, 1942, carrying over 1,000 Jewish men to Auschwitz. A memorial plaque on the station honors the victims who passed through here on their final journey.
Period recorded for this site: 20th century.
Theme: World War 2.
Coordinates: 48.84230, 2.36540.
This plaque is a stop on the walk: Paris Occupied: Shoah & Deportation.
On Paris Occupied: Shoah & Deportation: From this station, the first major convoy of Jews left Paris for Auschwitz on March 27, 1942. Thousands more followed from here and other Paris stations. A memorial plaque marks where families were torn apart and where the final journey to the camps began. Stand here and imagine the platform filled with those who would never return.
Other plaques within a few minutes' walk: Emmauel Perrony (193 m); Héros de la Libération de Paris (193 m); Ecole rue Buffon (209 m); Emmanuel Perrony (229 m); Héros tombés pour la Libération - Jardin des Plantes (229 m).