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{{Infobox French commune
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Izieu
|name = Izieu
|commune status = Commune
|image = Izieu Village.JPG
|image = Izieu Village.JPG
|region = Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
|department = Ain
|arrondissement = Belley
|arrondissement = Belley
|canton = Belley
|canton = Belley
|INSEE = 01193
|INSEE = 01193
|postal code = 01300
|postal code = 01300
|mayor = Denis Martin-Barbaz<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr|access-date=17 June 2021|archive-date=28 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628030259/https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|url-status=live}}</ref>
|mayor = Jean-Philippe Gardat
|term = 2008&ndash;2014
|term = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality = Rhône et Gland dite Terre d’eaux
|intercommunality =
|longitude = 5.6442
|coordinates = {{coord|45.6553|5.6442|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|latitude = 45.6553
|elevation m = 350
|elevation m = 350
|elevation min m = 211
|elevation min m = 211
|elevation max m = 758
|elevation max m = 758
|area km2 = 7.67
|area km2 = 7.67
|population = 196
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = 2008
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
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'''Izieu''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Ain]] [[Departments of France|department]] in eastern France.
'''Izieu''' ({{IPA|fr|izjø}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Ain]] [[Departments of France|department]] in eastern France. It lies on the river [[Rhône]], between the cities of [[Lyon]] and [[Chambéry]].


It lies on the [[Rhône River]] between the cities of [[Lyon]] and [[Chambéry]].
The Commune is famous for the 1944 abduction by the Nazis of the children and staff from the Izieu orphanage.


==Site of World War II Jewish orphanage==
==Site of World War II Jewish orphanage==
[[File:Place des Enfants Juifs (Izieu) à Belley.JPG|left|thumb|Place des Enfants Juifs]]
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Izieu was the site of a Jewish orphanage during the Second World War. Most of the children were however only separated from their parents or sent purposely in the Savoy mountains which was then under Italian rule. Italy was less oppressive in that time. On 6 April 1944, three vehicles pulled up in front of the orphanage. The [[Gestapo]], under the direction of the 'Butcher of Lyon' [[Klaus Barbie]], entered the orphanage and forcibly removed the forty-four children and their seven supervisors, throwing the crying and terrified children on to the trucks.
[[File:Plaque Mémoire Enfants Izieu Place 44 Enfants Izieu - Paris XIII (FR75) - 2021-07-21 - 1.jpg|left|thumb|Tribute to the Jewish orphans of Izieu who perished.]]

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Izieu was the site of a Jewish orphanage during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. However, most of the children were only separated from their parents or sent purposely in the Savoy mountains which was then under Italian rule. Italy was less oppressive in that time. On 6 April 1944, three vehicles pulled up in front of the orphanage. The [[Gestapo]], under the direction of the 'Butcher of Lyon' [[Klaus Barbie]], entered the orphanage and forcibly removed the forty-four children and their seven supervisors, throwing the crying and terrified children on to the trucks.


As a witness later recalled: 'I was on my way down the stairs when my sister shouted to me: It's the Germans, run away! I jumped out the window. I hid myself in a bush in the garden. I heard the cries of the children that were being kidnapped and I heard the shouts of the Nazis who were carrying them away.'
As a witness later recalled: 'I was on my way down the stairs when my sister shouted to me: It's the Germans, run away! I jumped out the window. I hid myself in a bush in the garden. I heard the cries of the children that were being kidnapped and I heard the shouts of the Nazis who were carrying them away.'


Following the raid on their home in Izieu, the children were shipped directly to the [[Drancy deportation camp|"collection center" in Drancy]], then put on the first available train towards the [[concentration camp]]s in the East.
Following the raid on their home in Izieu, the children were shipped directly to the [[Drancy deportation camp|"collection center" in Drancy]], then put on the first available train towards the [[concentration camp]]s in the East.<ref name="robbins">Robbins, Christopher. ''Test of Courage: The Michel Thomas Story'' (2000). New York Free Press/Simon & Schuster. {{ISBN|978-0-7432-0263-3}}/Republished as ''Courage Beyond Words'' (2007). New York McGraw-Hill. {{ISBN|0-07-149911-3}}</ref>


Forty-two children and five adults were gassed in the concentration camp of [[Auschwitz]]. Two of the oldest children and [[Miron Zlatin]], the superintendent, ended up in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]], and were killed by a firing squad.
Forty-two children and five adults were gassed in the concentration camp of [[Auschwitz]]. Two of the oldest children and [[Miron Zlatin]], the superintendent, ended up in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]], and were killed by a firing squad.
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==Population==
==Population==
{{Historical populations
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-01193#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210224813/https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-01193#ancre-POP_T1 |date=10 December 2023 }}, INSEE</ref>
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|align=left
|percentages = pagr
| 1793|305
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|align = none
| 1800|305
|1968 |103
| 1806|334
|1975 |141
| 1821|304
|1982 |136
| 1831|325
|1990 |161
| 1836|309
|1999 |178
| 1841|338
|2009 |202
| 1846|331
|2014 |231
| 1851|335
|2020 |220
| 1856|319
| 1861|326
| 1866|316
| 1872|326
| 1876|327
| 1881|340
| 1886|334
| 1891|332
| 1896|307
| 1901|269
| 1906|250
| 1911|262
| 1921|217
| 1926|207
| 1931|185
| 1936|174
| 1946|147
| 1954|145
| 1962|113
| 1968|103
| 1975|141
| 1982|136
| 1990|161
| 1999|178
| 2008|196
}}
}}
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==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
*[http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE]
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==External links==
==External links==
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* Official Website of [http://www.memorializieu.eu/ Holocaust Memorial Maison d'Izieu]
* Official Website of [http://www.memorializieu.eu/ Holocaust Memorial Maison d'Izieu]
* [http://www.izieu.com/ The Children Of Izieu]
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517084759/http://izieu.com/|date=May 17th, 2021|title=The Children Of Izieu}}
* [http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/childrens-homes/izieu/index.asp the Jewish orphanage in Izieu during the Holocaust] - an online exhibition at [[Yad Vashem]] website
* [http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/childrens-homes/izieu/index.asp the Jewish orphanage in Izieu during the Holocaust] - an online exhibition at [[Yad Vashem]] website
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[[Category:Communes of Ain]]
[[Category:Communes of Ain]]
[[Category:Jewish French history]]
[[Category:Holocaust locations]]
[[Category:The Holocaust in France]]
[[Category:The Holocaust in France]]
[[Category:Ain communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia]]
[[Category:World War II sites in France]]



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Latest revision as of 20:59, 19 December 2024

Izieu
Commune
Location of Izieu
Map
Izieu is located in France
Izieu
Izieu
Izieu is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Izieu
Izieu
Coordinates: 45°39′19″N 5°38′39″E / 45.6553°N 5.6442°E / 45.6553; 5.6442
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAin
ArrondissementBelley
CantonBelley
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Denis Martin-Barbaz[1]
Area
1
7.67 km2 (2.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
222
 • Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
01193 /01300
Elevation211–758 m (692–2,487 ft)
(avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Izieu (French pronunciation: [izjø]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It lies on the river Rhône, between the cities of Lyon and Chambéry.

The Commune is famous for the 1944 abduction by the Nazis of the children and staff from the Izieu orphanage.

Site of World War II Jewish orphanage

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Place des Enfants Juifs
Tribute to the Jewish orphans of Izieu who perished.

Izieu was the site of a Jewish orphanage during the Second World War. However, most of the children were only separated from their parents or sent purposely in the Savoy mountains which was then under Italian rule. Italy was less oppressive in that time. On 6 April 1944, three vehicles pulled up in front of the orphanage. The Gestapo, under the direction of the 'Butcher of Lyon' Klaus Barbie, entered the orphanage and forcibly removed the forty-four children and their seven supervisors, throwing the crying and terrified children on to the trucks.

As a witness later recalled: 'I was on my way down the stairs when my sister shouted to me: It's the Germans, run away! I jumped out the window. I hid myself in a bush in the garden. I heard the cries of the children that were being kidnapped and I heard the shouts of the Nazis who were carrying them away.'

Following the raid on their home in Izieu, the children were shipped directly to the "collection center" in Drancy, then put on the first available train towards the concentration camps in the East.[3]

Forty-two children and five adults were gassed in the concentration camp of Auschwitz. Two of the oldest children and Miron Zlatin, the superintendent, ended up in Tallinn, Estonia, and were killed by a firing squad.

The orphanage director Sabine Zlatin survived the Gestapo raid, being away collecting funds for the institution. Some 40 years later she testified against Barbie at his trial. Towards the end of her life, she convinced the president François Mitterrand to turn the orphanage premises into a memorial.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 103—    
1975 141+4.59%
1982 136−0.51%
1990 161+2.13%
1999 178+1.12%
2009 202+1.27%
2014 231+2.72%
2020 220−0.81%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Robbins, Christopher. Test of Courage: The Michel Thomas Story (2000). New York Free Press/Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-0263-3/Republished as Courage Beyond Words (2007). New York McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-149911-3
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 10 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE
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