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…
Villenueve Sainte-Odile (camp) Plénée-Jugon (memorial)
Historical background In 1940 the internment camp for the Gypsies was located on the estate of Villenueve Sainte-Odile, near Plénée-Jugon,…
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…
Angoulême – Les Alliers (stele)
Historical background Located south of the city of Angoulême, the Les Alliers camp operated from 1940 to 1946 (sic!). Initially,…
Poitiers (stele)
Historical background The camp in Poitiers (Vienne District) was opened in October 1939 for refugees from Spain, but in December…