France commemorates the Vel d’Hiv roundup after a Paris plaque honoring rescuers is vandalized

France commemorated the Vel d’Hiv roundup, a 1942 mass arrest of Jews by French police, following the vandalism of a Paris plaque honoring rescuers. The event, part of France’s annual efforts to memorialize Holocaust victims amid rising antisemitism, highlighted tensions over historical accountability and current hate crimes.