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Monday, January 27, 2020

Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation





 The Deportation Memorial in Paris ( 1062) honors the 200.000 who were deported from Vichy France to Nazi Concentration Camps during World War II. 

 200,000 crystals are imbedded in these walls to symbolize the deportees.

  The memorial is located on the Seine directly behind Notre Dame Cathedral. There is no charge to enter.

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation


If you have not visited this moving memorial in Paris, please put it on your list.  Located just behind Notre Dame de Paris, it is a fitting memorial to 200,000 who were deported from Vichy, France to the Nazi concentration camps in World War II.