5ème Arrondissement, Tout-Petits (3), 2021

ARTIST | Eleanor Winters

SIZE | 25.5 x 39 cm, 10” x 15.5”

MEDIUM | Gold paint

Arrêtés par la police de Vichy, plus de 11,000 enfants (furent) deportes (et) assassinés à Auschwitz parce qu’ils étaient nés Juifs . Une centaine de ces enfants vivaient dans le 5ème arrondissement, parmi eux 13 Tout-Petits n’ont pas eu le temps de fréquenter l’école. Passant lis leur nom. Ta mémoire est leur seul sepulture.

 (English Translation)

Arrested by the Vichy police, more than 11,000 children (were) deported (and) assassinated at Auschwitz because they were born Jews. Around 100 of these children lived in the 5th district, among whom were 13 very small children who never had the chance to go to school. Passerby, read their names, your memory is their only monument.