Régine was one of the Jewish children in hiding at the Louveciennes Children's Home, one of many centers run by the UGIF (Union Générale des Israélites de France) to safely foster persecuted children. Louveciennes was a particularly crowded and impoverished home. Like most UGIF centres, they struggled to find clothing and food. The staff looked after the children as best they could with the limited resources they had. The children were kept neat, nurtured, and --- as best as they could --- safe.
On the night of July 21/22, 1944, the Gestapo conducted a massive raid on the UGIF children's homes, which, as of yet, had gone unmolested. These homes contained the most vulnerable of French Jews --- children, many of whose parents had already been deported and murdered. In this crackdown, eight childrens' homes were raided. The residents and staff were imprisoned, and set to be deported. During this action, over three-hundred-and-fifty innocent children were arrested.
The children of Louveciennes were awoken at the crack of dawn, forced from their beds and into waiting Gestapo cars. The director of the home, Monsieur Luoy, and his family were also arrested, but later released (they claimed to be gentiles). Forty one children from Louveciennes were taken into custody; the following day, seven children were deported to Bergen-Belsen, where they ultimately survived the war.
The remaining thirty-four children of Louveciennes were held hostage for over a week in desperate conditions. They prayed for a miracle which did not come. On July 31, 1944, in the last major French convoy of Jews to Auschwitz (Convoy 77), all the children from the UGIF centers, including Neuilly, were sent to Auschwitz.
Thirty-three young children were murdered upon arrival. Only one teenage girl, Denise Holstein, survived to tell the story of the Louveciennes home.
On the night of July 21/22, 1944, the Gestapo conducted a massive raid on the UGIF children's homes, which, as of yet, had gone unmolested. These homes contained the most vulnerable of French Jews --- children, many of whose parents had already been deported and murdered. In this crackdown, eight childrens' homes were raided. The residents and staff were imprisoned, and set to be deported. During this action, over three-hundred-and-fifty innocent children were arrested.
The children of Louveciennes were awoken at the crack of dawn, forced from their beds and into waiting Gestapo cars. The director of the home, Monsieur Luoy, and his family were also arrested, but later released (they claimed to be gentiles). Forty one children from Louveciennes were taken into custody; the following day, seven children were deported to Bergen-Belsen, where they ultimately survived the war.
The remaining thirty-four children of Louveciennes were held hostage for over a week in desperate conditions. They prayed for a miracle which did not come. On July 31, 1944, in the last major French convoy of Jews to Auschwitz (Convoy 77), all the children from the UGIF centers, including Neuilly, were sent to Auschwitz.
Thirty-three young children were murdered upon arrival. Only one teenage girl, Denise Holstein, survived to tell the story of the Louveciennes home.
Régine was one of the Jewish children in hiding at the Louveciennes Children's Home, one of many centers run by the UGIF (Union Générale des Israélites de France) to safely foster persecuted children. Louveciennes was a particularly crowded and impoverished home. Like most UGIF centres, they struggled to find clothing and food. The staff looked after the children as best they could with the limited resources they had. The children were kept neat, nurtured, and --- as best as they could --- safe.
On the night of July 21/22, 1944, the Gestapo conducted a massive raid on the UGIF children's homes, which, as of yet, had gone unmolested. These homes contained the most vulnerable of French Jews --- children, many of whose parents had already been deported and murdered. In this crackdown, eight childrens' homes were raided. The residents and staff were imprisoned, and set to be deported. During this action, over three-hundred-and-fifty innocent children were arrested.
The children of Louveciennes were awoken at the crack of dawn, forced from their beds and into waiting Gestapo cars. The director of the home, Monsieur Luoy, and his family were also arrested, but later released (they claimed to be gentiles). Forty one children from Louveciennes were taken into custody; the following day, seven children were deported to Bergen-Belsen, where they ultimately survived the war.
The remaining thirty-four children of Louveciennes were held hostage for over a week in desperate conditions. They prayed for a miracle which did not come. On July 31, 1944, in the last major French convoy of Jews to Auschwitz (Convoy 77), all the children from the UGIF centers, including Neuilly, were sent to Auschwitz.
Thirty-three young children were murdered upon arrival. Only one teenage girl, Denise Holstein, survived to tell the story of the Louveciennes home.
On the night of July 21/22, 1944, the Gestapo conducted a massive raid on the UGIF children's homes, which, as of yet, had gone unmolested. These homes contained the most vulnerable of French Jews --- children, many of whose parents had already been deported and murdered. In this crackdown, eight childrens' homes were raided. The residents and staff were imprisoned, and set to be deported. During this action, over three-hundred-and-fifty innocent children were arrested.
The children of Louveciennes were awoken at the crack of dawn, forced from their beds and into waiting Gestapo cars. The director of the home, Monsieur Luoy, and his family were also arrested, but later released (they claimed to be gentiles). Forty one children from Louveciennes were taken into custody; the following day, seven children were deported to Bergen-Belsen, where they ultimately survived the war.
The remaining thirty-four children of Louveciennes were held hostage for over a week in desperate conditions. They prayed for a miracle which did not come. On July 31, 1944, in the last major French convoy of Jews to Auschwitz (Convoy 77), all the children from the UGIF centers, including Neuilly, were sent to Auschwitz.
Thirty-three young children were murdered upon arrival. Only one teenage girl, Denise Holstein, survived to tell the story of the Louveciennes home.
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