The story of the banishment of French Jews, based on their registration, started on July 1942, when the French police started a mass arrest operation of Jews in Paris. The police sent all the Jews to concentration camps in the Paris area and sent them by train to the death camps. In November 1942, the Germans occupied the Vichy area and continued arresting Jews and sending them to their death. In 1944, almost all of France was liberated. At this point, the Germans have sent almost 80,000 Jews to the death camps, about a quarter of the French Jewish community.
Today, the Roglit site includes a round memorial wall dedicated to the 80,000 French victims. The wall contains photographs of the transport documents, lists of names of the 80,000 French Jews sent to their death, and horrifying photographs. The memorial wall was built with the initiative of Serge Clarsfeld, who served as the president of the "Sons and Daughters of the French Jewish Holocaust Victims" organizations.
KKL-JNF Chairwoman, Ifat Ovadia-Luski: "The connection between the French Jewish community and the State of Israel will never be severed. The memorial here, which commemorates the 80,000 victims from the French Jewish community, is the result of the collaboration between KKL-Israel and KKL-France. KKL-JNF played a significant part in establishing the state, the redemption of the land, the establishment of new towns and cities, and the integration of Jewish immigrants, and we have a moral duty to remember. We have built a large number of memorials to commemorate Jewish communities and the righteous among the nations, including this site. I hope that the commemoration of the victims throughout the country will serve us all in remembering, never forgetting, and saying 'never again!'"