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
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