Paris Square is Renamed 'Place of the Jewish Martyrs' - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Advertisement A square in central Paris, on the banks of the Seine, was re-named last week “Place of the Jewish Martyrs,” marking the 44th anniversary of the round-up and deportation of nearly 15,000 Parisian Jews to Nazi death camps. Premier Jacques Chirac, who is also Mayor of Paris, unveiled a plaque in the presence of Theo Klein, president of the representative organization of French Jews (CRIF), Ady Steg, president of the Alliance Israelite Universelle and Israel’s Ambassador to Fran...
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