The Drancy Internment Camp became identified by the northeastern suburb of Paris in which it was located. On 20 August 1941, French police conducted raids throughout the 11th District of Paris and arrested more than 4,000 Jews, mainly foreigners.
The Children and the Holocaust exhibition shows the complexity and diversity of Jewish childhoods. At the date of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, on 16 and 17 July, 1942, 4051 children under 16 were arrested and sent to the camps of Drancy, a suburb of Paris.
Gurs camp was an internment and refugees camp built in 1939 near a small town in the southwest of France. Destroyed in the early 1950s, the camp is now a place of remembrance.
Gurs camp was an internment and refugees camp built by French authorities in 1939 near a small town in the southwest of France. Destroyed in the early 1950s, the camp is now a place of remembrance.
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