Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation

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  • Address
    square de l'Île de France, 4e
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  • Transport
    underground rail: St-Michel Notre Dame

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The Memorial to the Victims of the Deportation, erected in 1962 on the southeastern tip of the Île de la Cité, is a haunting monument to the 160,000 residents of France - including 76,000 Jews - who were killed in Nazi concentration camps during WWII. A single barred 'window' separates the bleak, rough concrete courtyard from the waters of the Seine.

The Tomb of the Unknown Deportee is flanked by hundreds of thousands of bits of back-lit glass, and the walls are etched with inscriptions from celebrated writers and poets.