Agde (memorial)
Historical background In the city of Agde (Hérault department) there was a refugee camp, which was opened in February 1939…
Category: FRANCE
Saint-Sixte (memorial)
Historical background On June 23, 1944, in the meadow down the hill from the church in Saint-Sixte in the department…
Arc-et-Senans (plaque)
Historical background The 18th-century Royal Saltworks in Arc-et-Senans in the Doubs department, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since…
La Morellerie (memorial)
Historical background On the La Morellerie farm, located between Avrillé-les-Ponceaux and Continvoir (Indre-et-Loire District), there was a detention camp for…
Mérignac (memorial)
Historical background Beaudésert, a small internment camp in the Mérignac commune, was opened in 1939 and existed until August 1944.…
Moisdon-la-Rivière (camp)
Historical background Moisdon-la-Rivière is a fortified craft settlement including a mill and a forge. In 1939, 45 Gypsies (Romanichel) from…
Rivesaltes (memorial)
Historical background The stele that commemorates the Jews deported from the Rivesaltes camp to Auschwitz was erected in 1994. Another…
Rivesaltes (camp)
Historical background On November 12, 1938 the French state announced an administrative law on the detention of “undesirable foreigners”, which…
Natzweiler-Struthof (plaque)
Historical background The Struthof camp was located on a mountain slope. The lowest part was occupied by toilet barracks, but…
Natzweiler-Struthof (camp)
Historical background Natzweiler-Struthof was the only permanent German concentration camp established in France. There were many temporary camps, with the…
Arles – Saliers (memorial)
Historical background The region called Camargue in the south of France is generally well known for its delta of the…