Obj. ID: 52087
Memorials Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp - 16 Young Jews Deported from France Memorial Plaque, 2015
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Comemmorated?
16 murdered young Jews, ages 14-17, deported from France
Description
A rectangular bronze plaque is installed on the perimeter wall of a field of monuments outside the entrance to the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. This space was part of the landscaped grounds of the Commandant’s house. Now this area is filled with free-standing monuments and wall plaques installed by individuals and organizations commemorating victims of the Camp.
Inscriptions
French:
Le 27 novembre 1944, 16 jeunes Juifs
déportés d e France ont été transférés
d’Auschwitz-Birkenau dans le
KZ Sachsenhausen et ont été assassinés
ici en février 1945.
Nous ne les oublions pas
German:
Am 27. November 1944 wurden
16 jugendliche, aus Frankreich deportierte
Juden, von Auschwitz-Birkenau in das
KZ Sachsenhausen transportiert und hier
Im Februar 1945 ermordet.
Wir vergessen sie nicht.
Translation: On November 27, 1944, 16 young Jewish deportees from France were transferred from Auschwitz-Birkenau to the KZ Sachsenhausen and were murdered here in February 1945. / We do not forget them
[List of 16 names with their ages and transport numbers]
French:
Les Fils et Filles des Déportés Juifs de France – FFDJF – 2015
German
Die Söhne und Töchter der aus Frankreich deportierten Juden
Translation: The Sons and Daughters of Jewish Deportees from France – FFDJF – 2015
Commissioned by
The sons and daughters of Jewish deportees from France (FFDJF)
sub-set tree: 
0.50 meters wide
The monument was installed in 2015 to commemorate the lives of 16 young Jewish deportees from France who were transferred to Sachsenhausen from Auschwitz-Birkenau and were subsequently murdered here in February 1945. The plaque was presented by the FFDJF organization, representing the sons and daughters of Jewish deportees from France.