A True story of Jewish children, who were murdered in the year 1942.

THE ROUNDUP    [LA RAFLE IN FRENCH]

        A True story of Jewish children, who were murdered in the year 1942.

           

            Characters

Joseph Weisman called JO                                                              

            Sura Weisman                                                                      

            Schmuel Weisman

Bella Zygler

            Simon Zygler

            Noe Zygler

            Anna trauble

            David Sheinbaum (Doctor)

            Annete Monod (Nurse)

The Roundup is the 2010, French Movie directed by Roselyn Bosch. Based on the true story of Jews in France, at the period of Hitler. The film depicts the mass arrest of Jews by French Police in July 1942. This is the first film to tell the story of terrible 1942 Mass roundup of Jews in Paris.  Movies main character Joseph Weisman and Anna Traube were alive when the movie got released. Both made Appearance in Movie. In movie Anna Traube’s mother and sister were killed but in real they both too escaped and joined their father in Limoges.  Joseph Weisman Praised director Rose Bosch for how well she was able to portray the events on screen. “No one could have told the story of the Rafle Better, the way it looked the way it felt, was just like in 1942.”  It’s important to tell the story to the youth of today. It’s they who write the story of tomorrow.

           

A Jewish Family and their neighbor  doctor and nurse in camp, French officers including Hilter. Story begins with the captions “all events in the film event are extreme & truly occurred in summer 1942”.

Joseph so called Jo, belonging to a Jewish family living with his family and other neighbors. The kind of life they are living and the rules implied on them makes them to lead a difficult life. A board in public park saying ‘dogs and Jews are not allowed’. Jo’s father says Hitler’s responsible” . Jo’s sister is banned from dance as she is a Jew. Dismissing Jews from government Jobs, Jews called as Undesirable. Later on public walls posted Jews are forbidden in public places like restaurant, library, fairground etc.

Hitler gives order to arrest all Jews saying “Jews won’t be laughing for a long with the Prophecy”. Officers planned to arrest stateless people on July 1942. All the Jews were arrested and said to take food for 2 days, cloth and a pair of shoes. While arresting, some tried to escape but got caught among them Anna Traube and her mother were those got caught. Some Nazi people  tried to help them, a lady with her child committed suicide. A girl with a baby was made to escape from Nazi soldiers by few prostitutes and was sent her to church. Where the church father changed her name and informed to forget her past. Facing this kind of situation finally everyone were brought to the Veldrome- d’Hiver stadium near Eiffel Tower.

Annete Traube a nurse enters the stadium, from her point of view the inner stadium is shown filled with Jewish Families. In this scene the camera moves from Annete face towards top angle to show the full view of the stadium. Children running, playing, some of them sick. Meets doctor David Sheinbaum and gets the information that there is only one doctor and eight nurses including her. Annete Traube escapes from the place with the help of a plumber, a Nazi soldier knows that she’s a Jew let her move. When Annete asked him why can’t you oppose against whats happening, he replies if I oppose them I will be killed, I have chidren. Fire chief Captain Pierette another Nazi helped those in stadium in posting the letters they passed to his workers. Annete becomes close with a small boy Joe zygler, who doesn’t know his mother is dead and often asks for her. After five days of stay with inadequate food, water and medical care all were made move to Beave-la Rolande camp, 100 KM south from Paris.

The camp was under Denis Menochant control. Annete who comes and stays there tries to inform the Prime minister about the condition of Jews in camp. As they do not have food, she too stops having food. Later, Denis Menochant gets an order to make them move to the camp in East. Everyone is ordered to assemble. Before leaving their ornaments, money everything were thrown in toilets. In field gents, ladies and young children were separated and informed except children everyone is supposed to move. Gents shouting against it were threatened by shooting around them, ladies who opposed were hit seriously and everyone was made to move including doctor. Jo’s mother shouting  informs him to escape from here. Jo and his friend Paval escaped from the camp, collecting the money from toilets.

Prime Minister and other officials taken decision that of Humanitarian reasons families to be reunited within 2 weaks, but it was too late. In camp all children were told to move. Noe runs towards the truck happily that he’s going to meet his mother, all others were filled in the truck. Annete falls down unconscious because of her starvation. The doctor who treated her informs everyone will be killed, there is no camp on East, their is an Extermination camp and gas chambers. Most of their parents are already dead. Annete rushed towards railway station, but the train moves filled with children. Jo and Paval following the track find the train filled with children.

Even though Jews were made to be killed, story clearly explains not all Nazi’s hated Jews. Most of them tried their best in helping Jews even the military soldiers. But they were not able to save them from  what’s happening.

The Round Up is another example of Hitler’s anger against Jews.

Final information about happened [from movie]

            Out of 13,000 Deportees, only 25 survived

            None of the 4051 children, put on the train ever came back.

            Vichy and the Germans aimed to Round up 24,000 people.

 But on moving of the roundup, Brave Parisians helped hide 10,000 Jewish men, women and children.