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Drancy

The Germans established the Drancy internment camp near Paris in August 1941. Less than a year later, Drancy became a major transit camp for deportations from France. Between 1941-1944, approximately 70,000 prisoners passed through the camp. Explore more content related to the Drancy camp during the Holocaust. 

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Buses waiting at the entrance to the Vélodrome d'Hiver, where almost 13,000 Jews were assembled before being transported to Drancy ... [LCID: 81033]
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Buses waiting at the entrance to the Vélodrome d'Hiver
Camps in France, 1942 [LCID: fra72020]
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Camps in France, 1942
Camps in France, 1944 [LCID: fra72050]
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Camps in France, 1944
Central Paris, 1943 [LCID: par39040]
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Central Paris, 1943
The first transport of Jews arriving at the Drancy transit camp by bus [LCID: 55637]
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Drancy
This multistory complex served as the Drancy transit camp. [LCID: 19112b]
Timeline Event
Drancy Camp Established
Media Essay
Drancy - Animated Maps/Maps
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Drancy - Photographs
Media Essay
Drancy - ID Cards/Oral Histories
Drancy transit camp, 1943 [LCID: dra22040]
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Drancy transit camp, 1943
Emma Freund [LCID: 1335]
ID Card
Emma Freund
Ernest Koenig [LCID: ekd0443m]
Oral History
Ernest Koenig describes conditions in the Drancy camp in France
Media Essay
France - ID Card/Oral History
Jewish prisoners arrive at the Drancy transit camp. [LCID: 19111]
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Jewish prisoners arrive at Drancy
Jewish prisoners in the Drancy camp. France, between 1941 and 1944. [LCID: 19112a]
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Jewish prisoners in the Drancy camp
The first transport of Jews arriving at the Drancy transit camp by bus [LCID: 55637]
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Jews arrive at Drancy

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