Sarah's Key

Description

Sarah's Key tells the story of a dark part of France's history. While most people are aware of the Jewish Holocaust during World War II, few have heard of The Velodrome d'hiver round up in July of 1942 in France. During these two days, 13,000 Jewish men, women and children were arrested and brought to Paris's arena, the Velodrome. Here, after being forced to live in deplorable, filthy conditions, they were put on trucks and shipped to Auschwitz and other death camps. Most shocking about this point in history was the fact that the arrests were carried out by the French police.