Camp des Milles
The Camp des Milles [kɑ̃ de mil] was a French internment camp, opened in September 1939, in a former tile factory near the village of Les Milles, part of the commune of Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône). In October 2015, the site was chosen by UNESCO as the headquarters for its new Chair of Education for Citizenship, Human Sciences and Shared Memories.
| Camp des Milles | |
|---|---|
| Concentration camp | |
Building which served as a concentration camp at Camp des Milles | |
Location of Camp des Milles within France | |
| Coordinates | 43°30′12″N 5°23′08″E |
| Location | Near Les Milles, Provence, France |
| Built by | French Third Republic |
| Operated by | French Third Republic, Vichy France |
| Original use | tile factory, then internment of Germans and Austrians living in France |
| Inmates | French Jews and Jewish refugees from Central Europe (mostly male) |
| Number of inmates | thousands, of whom 2,000 Jews deported via Drancy, mostly to Auschwitz |
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