 Those responsible for the round-up, according to Chirac, were "" ("450 policemen and gendarmes, French, under the authority of their leaders [who] obeyed the demands of the Nazis").To mark the 70th anniversary of the round-up, then President François Hollande gave a speech at a monument of the Vel' d'Hiv' round-up on 22 July 2012.The president recognized that this event was a crime committed "in France, by France," and emphasized that the deportations in which French police participated were offences committed against French values, principles, and ideals.