On today’s Hebrew date, in the year 1942, over 13,000 Jews were rounded up by French police in the Vel' d'Hiv, an indoor bicycle stadium, near the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Little did they know, that they were going to be tragically transported to Auschwitz to be murdered. Within days, the Nazis cleaned and covered up the Vel' d'Hiv to be prepared for its routine activities.