# Vél d’Hiv roundup (1942)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1942-vel-d-hiv-roundup
Location: Paris
Categories: main-event

French police arrested more than 13,000 Jews, including children, for deportation. Within the broader Occupation, Liberation & Fourth Republic period, Defeat in 1940 divided France between Vichy, occupation and resistance. Liberation restored republican government, followed by reconstruction, welfare-state building, European integration and violent decolonization under the Fourth Republic. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Philippe Pétain / Charles de Gaulle (Vichy French State / Free France and provisional republican authority). Vél d’Hiv roundup is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Vél d’Hiv roundup is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France.

Ruler at the time: [Charles de Gaulle](https://history-france.com/rulers/charles-de-gaulle-1940)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Vél d’Hiv roundup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=V%C3%A9l+d%E2%80%99Hiv+roundup&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Vél d’Hiv roundup](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=V%C3%A9l+d%E2%80%99Hiv+roundup)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)