​​Marcel and Jean Rossi were on the deportation list for 25 February 1943. The reason for their inclusion was later given by Jean Rossi, who noted that they had refused to sign papers to work for the German Occupiers.  

​They were first sent to Front Stalag 133 near Rennes in France, then on 1 March to Ilag VIII at Tost, Poland. On 27 March 1944, by which time they were in Kreuzburg (Berlin, Germany), they were sent to Oppeln before being sent to Blechhammer punishment camp. They remained there until January 1945. From there they were marched to Gross Rosen and then later to Herresbruck Concentration Camp. At this point father and son were separated – Marcel left for Dachau on a death march on 7 April 1945. He didn’t survive. ​ 

​Jean was freed by the American forces in Schwandorf, 62km from Herresbruck, on 20/21 April 1945.  

​As Marcel's final fate and resting place remain unknown even today, Jean did not discover his father's whereabouts during his lifetime. In 1965 he received compensation for the loss of his father, but only £204 for his own Nazi persecution. Jean died two years later.​