Tout-Petits, 3ème (2), 2021

ARTIST | Eleanor Winters

SIZE | 32.5 x 45.5 cm, 13” x 18”

MEDIUM | Acrylic paint, ink, gold paint

Arrêtés par la police du gouvernement de Vichy, complice de l'occupant nazi, plus de 11,000 enfants furent déportés de France de 1942 à 1944 parce qu’ils étaient nés Juifs et assassinés à Auschwitz. Plus de 500 de ces enfants vivaient dans le 3ème arrondissement, parmi eux 37 Tout-Petits n’ont pas eu le temps de frequenter l’école. Passant lis leur nom. Ta mémoire est leur seul sepulture. (Noms et ages des enfants.)

 (English Translation)

Arrested by the police of the Vichy government, in complicity with the Nazi occupation, more than 11,000 children were deported from France between 1942 and 1944 because they were born Jews, and assassinated at Auschwitz. More than 500 of these children lived in the 3rd district, among whom were 37 very small children who never had the chance to go to school. Passerby, read their names. Your memory is their only monument. (Names and ages of the children.)