Les Milles is a village, part of the commune of Aix-en-Provence, in southern France. On the territory of the village Camp des Milles was opened in September 1939 in a former tile factory. Originally a French internment camp to detain undesirable aliens, it was later used as a transit camp for Jews to be deported to extermination camps, mainly Ausch…
Les Milles is a village, part of the commune of Aix-en-Provence, in southern France. On the territory of the village Camp des Milles was opened in September 1939 in a former tile factory. Originally a French internment camp to detain undesirable aliens, it was later used as a transit camp for Jews to be deported to extermination camps, mainly Auschwitz.
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