France List of concentration and internment camps

1 france

1.1 algeria
1.2 spanish republicans
1.3 vichy france

france

algeria

during france s occupation of algeria, forces interned large numbers of algerians in tent cities , concentration camps, both during initial french invasion in 1830s, , particularly during algerian war of independence.

during part of colonial period, french used camps hold arabs, berbers , turks had forcibly removed fertile areas of land, in order replace them french, spanish, , maltese settlers. has been estimated 1830 1900, between 15 , 25% of algerian population died in such camps. war in general killed third of algeria s population.

during algerian war of independence, french incarcerated whole populations of villages suspected have supported rebel national liberation front (fln).

spanish republicans

after end of spanish civil war, there harsh reprisals against franco s former enemies. hundreds of thousands of republicans fled abroad, france , mexico. on other side of pyrenees, refugees confined in internment camps of french third republic, such rieucros camp, camp de rivesaltes, camp gurs or camp vernet, 12,000 republicans housed in squalid conditions (mostly soldiers durruti division). 17,000 refugees housed in gurs divided 4 categories (brigadists, pilots, gudaris , ordinary spaniards). gudaris (basques) , pilots found local backers , jobs, , allowed quit camp, farmers , ordinary people, not find relations in france, encouraged third republic, in agreement francoist government, return spain. great majority did , turned on francoist authorities in irún. there transferred miranda de ebro camp purification .

after proclamation marshal philippe pétain of vichy regime, refugees became political prisoners, , french police attempted round-up had been liberated camp. along other undesirables , sent drancy internment camp before being deported nazi germany. 5,000 spaniards died in mauthausen concentration camp

vichy france

during world war ii, french vichy government ran called detention camps such 1 @ drancy. camps existed in pyrenees on border pro-nazi spain, among them camp de rivesaltes, camp gurs , camp vernet. these, french cooperated in deporting 73,000 jews nazi germany.

in addition, in areas germany formally annexed france, such alsace-lorraine, concentration camps built, largest being natzweiler-struthof.

the vichy french ran camps in north , west africa, , possibly french somaliland , madagascar. following locations of concentration camps, pow camps, , internment camps in (vichy) west , (vichy) north africa:

the camps located at:

west africa:

conakry
timbuctoo
kankan
koulikorro, mali
dakar

north africa:

sfax
el kef
laghouat
geryville.

also camps connected laconia incident:

mediouna (near casablanca)
qued-zen, morocco (near casablanca)
sidi-el-avachi, morocco (near azemmour)

the following camps under investigation:

taza
fes
oujda
sidi-bel-abbes
berguent
settat
sidi-el-ayachi
qued zem
mecheria

the camps @ conakry, timbuctoo, , kankan had no running water, no electricity, no gas, no electric light no sewers, no toilets, , no baths. prisoners (mainly british , norwegian) housed in native accommodation - mud huts , houses, , tractor shed. vichy french authorities in west africa called these camps concentration camps .