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Results of censuses of Jews over age 15, taken by the
prefectures in the Unoccupied Zone in March 1942:
Prefectures
of Regions |
French
citizens |
Foreigners |
Totasl as
of
3/15/42 |
Total as
of 7/41 |
| Limoges (12th) |
10,927 |
6,270 |
17,197 |
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| Clermont (13th) |
5,505 |
2,421 |
7,926 |
7,907 |
| Lyons (14th) |
13,954 |
7,705 |
21,659 |
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| Marseilles (15th) |
13,368 |
9,291 |
22,659 |
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| Nice (15th; section b) |
5,267 |
7,606 |
12,873 |
13,447 |
| Montpellier (16th) |
2,908 |
5,941 |
8,849 |
8,533 |
| Toulouse (17th) |
7,415 |
11,405 |
18,820 |
23,913 |
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59,344 |
50,639 |
109,983 |
53,800 |
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The Vichy camp of Le
Vernet, where many Jews are interned and from where 46 Jewish children are sent
to Drancy and then to Auschwitz. The terrible conditions at Le Vernet are
described in the writings of Arthur Koestler.
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FRENCH
CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST A memorial
Serge Klarsfeld
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