Resumption of the deportation of Jews from France

After a short break in deportations, spurred by resistance among the Catholic Church and the general Vichy population, German authorities resumed deportation transports of Jews from France in January 1943 until August 1944. In all, some 77,000 Jews living on French territory perished in concentration camps and killing centers—the overwhelming majority of them at Auschwitz—or in detention on French soil. One third of these victims were French citizens.