: About 7,000 of those arrested—including over 4,000 children —were held for five days at the Vélodrome d'Hiver , an indoor cycling stadium near the Eiffel Tower.

The roundup was a coordinated effort by German Nazi occupiers and the collaborationist .

: Victims were later moved to transit camps like Drancy , Beaune-la-Rolande, and Pithiviers before being deported to Auschwitz . Only about 811 of those rounded up survived the war. National Recognition and Memory

: The stadium conditions were inhumane, with almost no food, water, or sanitation and extreme heat due to a sealed glass roof.