France commemorates the Vel d’Hiv roundup after a Paris plaque honoring rescuers is vandalized
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Alice Rufo, Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans, second left, Aurore Berg, Minister Delegate for Equality between Women and Men and the Fight against Discrimination, third left, Emmanuel Gregoire Paris mayor, center, and Yonathan Arfi, President of CRIF (Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France), third right, attend the ceremony marking the 84th anniversary of the 1942 Vel d'Hiv police roundup, the largest roundup of Jews in France during World War II, and paying tribute to the Righteous Among the Nations of France in Paris, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)Arno Klarsfeld arrives at ceremony marking the 84th anniversary of the 1942 Vel d'Hiv police roundup, the largest roundup of Jews in France during World War II, and paying tribute to the Righteous Among the Nations of France in Paris, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)Serge Klarsfeld, President of the Association of Sons and Daughters of Jewish Deportees from France, delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the 84th anniversary of the 1942 Vel d'Hiv police roundup, the largest roundup of Jews in France during World War II, and paying tribute to the Righteous Among the Nations of France ,in Paris, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)Alice Rufo, Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans, right, hugs Barbara Nguyen, descendant of Paul Nguyen, recognized as Righteous Among the Nations, left, after the ceremony marking the 84th anniversary of the 1942 Vel d'Hiv police roundup, the largest roundup of Jews in France during World War II, and paying tribute to the Righteous Among the Nations of France, in Paris, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)Yonathan Arfi, President of CRIF (Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France) delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the 84th anniversary of the 1942 Vel d'Hiv police roundup, the largest roundup of Jews in France during World War II, and paying tribute to the Righteous Among the Nations of France in Paris, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
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Alice Rufo, Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans, second left, Aurore Berg, Minister Delegate for Equality between Women and Men and the Fight against Discrimination, third left, Emmanuel Gregoire Paris mayor, center, and Yonathan Arfi, President of CRIF (Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France), third right, attend the ceremony marking the 84th anniversary of the 1942 Vel d'Hiv police roundup, the largest roundup of Jews in France during World War II, and paying tribute to the Righteous Among the Nations of France in Paris, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
