- LocationDrancy, FranceOperated byFrench police (until 1943) · Nazi GermanyCommandantTheodor Dannecker · Alois Brunner
Drancy | Holocaust Encyclopedia
WEBIn August 1941, the Germans established an internment camp at Drancy, following the arrest of more than 4,200 Jewish men in Paris. Beginning in summer 1942, Drancy became the major transit camp for the …
Drancy Transit Camp - Jewish Virtual Library
WEBThe camp at Drancy was in a multi-storey complex designed to hold 700 people, but at its peak in it held more than 7,000. There is documented evidence and testimony …
Drancy Camp Established | Holocaust Encyclopedia
WEBAugust 20, 1941. Drancy Camp Established. In Drancy, France, German authorities open an internment and transit camp for Jews. The SS eventually deports Jews captured in …
The Dark Past and Unsettled Present of a Paris Housing Project
WEBAug 30, 2019 · The Germans called Drancy a “ durchgangslager ” or “transit camp”—“durchgang” meaning “the way through.” Nearly eight decades later, the …
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Jews in the Drancy detention camp in France, 3 …
WEBBread distribution by the Nazis at the Drancy detention camp near Paris, France. Some 70,000 Jews were incarcerated in this camp over the three years of its operation, from summer 1941 to summer 1944. Almost all of …
Drancy Transit Camp - History Learning
WEBDrancy Transit Camp. The Drancy transit camp was an internment camp located just outside of Paris (six miles to the north). Because it had a nearby rail station this meant it was the ideal place to hold Jewish …
The Drancy Camp | Sciences Po Mass Violence and Resistance
WEBNov 20, 2007 · The Cité de la Muette (the La Muette complex, a housing development) was situated in the district of Drancy, 12 kilometers northeast of , and served as an …
About the Camp | Children of Drancy - Northeastern University
WEBFirst intended as a low-rent housing complex in the 1930s, it was converted into an internment camp for political prisoners even before the war. It then became a …
Concentration Camps in France - Yad Vashem. The …
WEBFrom March 1942 Drancy became a transit camp for Jews who were being deported to the East. In the vicinity of Paris and in Northeastern France there were additional concentration camps run by the Vichy regime. …
