A system worked out in steel

Liberté, égalité, fraternité

Came across this modest elementary school on my walk around the neighbourhood today.


A modest school indeed, but a bunch of dried flowers beneath a plaque caught my eye.


I could read it well enough, but I’ve resorted to Google translate for more comprehensible prose:

IN THE MEMORY OF CHILDREN, STUDENTS OF THIS SCHOOL, DEPRIVED FROM 1942 TO 1944 BECAUSE THEY WERE BORN, THE INNOCENT VICTIMS OF BARBARIA NAZIE WITH THE ACTIVE COMPLICITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF VICHY, THEY WERE EXTERMINATED IN THE CAMPS OF DEATH.  
 NEVER FORGET THEM 
January 11, 2003