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Mémorial Site of Camp des Milles

Practical info

Type of location: Memorial

Mémorial Site of Camp des Milles

40, Chemin de la Badesse, 13290 Aix-en-Provence (Les Milles)

+33 (0) 4 42 39 17 11

http://www.campdesmilles.org/

Historical description

Les Milles

When war was declared in September 1939, the authorities opened an assembly camp in a tile works in the village Les Milles. Here they assembled foreign nationals from the hostile powers: anti-Nazi Germans and Austrians, Jews, and refugees. Among them were members ... Read more