Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation
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The Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation (English: Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deportation)[2] is a memorial to the 200,000 people who were deported from Vichy France to the Nazi concentration camps during World War II. It is located in Paris, France, on the site of a former morgue, underground behind Notre Dame on Île de la Cité. It was designed by French modernist architect Georges-Henri Pingusson and was inaugurated by Charles de Gaulle in 1962.
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Location | Paris, France |
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Designer | Georges-Henri Pingusson |
Opening date | April 12, 1962[1] |
Dedicated to | 200,000 people deported from Vichy France to the Nazi concentration camps during World War II |
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