A map showing the number of people from each department who were deported.

The names of the concentration camps that the deportees were sent to.

This map shows the locations of the concentration camps.

The park at the entrance to the Memorial des Martyrs de la Deportation

View of the Seine from the park near the memorial.

Memorial des Martyrs de la Deportation

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After the Army Museum, we had lunch again at Mirama, and then we made our way to the nearby Ille de la Cite. When we reached the island, we made a beeline for the eastern tip of the island to visit the memorial to people who were deported to concentration camps in World War II. It was a very sobering exhibit.

Per Atlas Obscura, this site was previously utilized as Paris' first morgue. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/la-morgue-d…Read more