Royallieu-Compiègne internment camp

The Royallieu-Compiègne was an internment and deportation camp in Compiègne, France where French resistance fighters and Jews, among others were imprisoned. About 40,000 people were deported from the Royallieu-Compiègne camp to Auschwitz and other camps in German territory.

A memorial of the camp, and another along the railway tracks commemorates the tragedy.

Coordinates: 49°24′09″N 2°48′29″E / 49.40250°N 2.80806°E / 49.40250; 2.80806

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.