175,000 Jews lived in Paris France. The Jews either lived there or found refugee there during the war. German invaded France in May of 1940. In 1940-1941, Germans arrested around 10,000 Jews. The ones that were not arrested had to wear the Yellow Star of David badge. German officials started to arrest more Jews, they were held at Velodrome d'Hiver sports arena in south-central Paris, they were starved for days there. After that they were then deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. 60,000 Jews remained in the city.
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Normal life was like people just congerating and having fun together. They can be together and have fun. As I was looking through the photos, most of mine were very different from what Jewish life was like. I had a hard time finding one but I did find one. The people in this photo are having fun and being together at a public place. It was similar in the ways that the people are being together, not caring what other people are doing and just having fun. Difference being that the Jewish people most likely didn't go swimming and have fountians.
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