Flossenbürg (camp)
Historical background The KL Flossenbürg concentration camp was built in May 1938 close to granite quarries. Until 1942, the prisoners…
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Mechelen – Kazerne Dossin (parts of the exhibition)
Historical background See also: Mechelen – Kazerne Dossin (memorial site) The museum building is located across the street from the…
Mechelen – Kazerne Dossin (plaque)
Description of commemoration On the right from the main entrance to the building of today’s Kazerne Dossin Memorial and its…
Hooghalen – Westerbork (memorial)
Historical background See: Hooghalen – Westerbork (camp) Description of commemoration In KL Westerbork there are two commemorations of…
Hooghaalen – Westerbork (camp) The Netherlands
Historical background The Westerbork camp, located near the Dutch city of Assen, started its operation in 1939. It was intended…
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.…
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 (camp)
Historical background Natzweiler-Struthof was the only permanent German concentration camp established in France. There were many temporary camps, with the…
Angoulême – Les Alliers (stele)
Historical background Located south of the city of Angoulême, the Les Alliers camp operated from 1940 to 1946 (sic!). Initially,…