Ceremonies in memory of the deportees of convoy No. 1 (27 March 1942)
Monday, March 27, 2017 at 12 PM
Organized by the Shoah Memorial and the Association of the Sons and Daughters of the Jewish Deportees of France, and support notably from the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah.
Meet at the Shoah Memorial, rue Geoffroy l'Asnier) at 10:45 to take the shuttle bus towards the Drancy Shoah Memorial.
12 p.m.: Ceremony
Location: cité de la Muette, avenue Jean-Jaurès 93700 Drancy
Serge Klarsfeld will speak. Laying wreaths. Reading of the first 500 names. Kaddish. Minute of silence.
1 PM: Departure for Compiègne
Location: Memorial of the internment and deportation of the camp of Royallieu, 2, avenue des Martyrsde- la-Liberté 60200 Compiègne.
→ 2:15 PM: Estimated arrival at the station of Margny-lès-Compiègne. Welcome from the authorities. Laying wreaths in front of the plaque in tribute to the deportees of the first convoy. Minute of silence. Laying wreaths in front of the Memorial of the deportees at the Margny-lès-Compiègne station. Minute of silence. Departure for the Memorial of the internment camp of Royallieu-Compiègne.
14 h 55: Estimated arrival at the Memorial of the internment camp of Royallieu-Compiègne.
→ 3 PM: Beginning of the ceremony. Speech by the Mayor of Compiègne or his representative. Allocation from Serge Klarsfeld. Laying wreaths. Reading of the 500 names of the deportees from the first convoy. Kaddish. Minute of silence. End of the ceremony around 16:00.
Departure of the group around 16:30-45. Return to Paris at the Shoah Memorial, arrival around 18:30.
