camp d'Agde, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

County Hérault
State/ Province Languedoc-Roussillon

Narrative

In 1939, camp d'Agde was established, on the road to Sète, to intern Spanish republican refugees in France, after the war Spanish Civewl War.

Narrative

At the end of 1940, the Vichy regime turned camp d'Agde into an assembly center fro foreigners.
Approximately 6,000 foreigners were interned, including a thousand foreign Jews who had been rounded up in Hérault, in July, 1942.

Narrative

Until February, 1941, Hermann Hartmeyer and his family were interned at camp d'Agde.

References

  1. Hartmayer Begleiter, Hermann