Camp de Noé was in 14 hectare internment camp straddling the municipalities of Noé, Le Fauga and Mauzac, south of Toulouse (Haute-Garonne). It should not be confused with the Mauzac detention camp in the Dordogne.

Camp de Noé
Internment transit camp
Photograph of part of the Noah cemetery dedicated to the graves of Jews who died at Camp Noah during the Second World War
Part of the Noah cemetery dedicated to the graves of Jews who died at Camp Noah during the Second World War
Camp de Noé is located in France
Camp de Noé
Location of Camp de Noé within France
Coordinates43°21′19″N 1°16′30″E / 43.35528°N 1.27500°E / 43.35528; 1.27500
Known forSpanish Republicans, Jews
LocationNoé, Haute-Garonne
Built byFrench Ministry of War
Operational1937-1947
Number of inmatescirca 2500
Liberated byMaquis (19 August 1944)

History

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This camp was created in 1941 by the French Ministry of War to hold Spanish Republicans and Jews under Vichy France's anti-Semitic laws. The camp occupied about 14 hectares to the north of Noé where about 2,500 foreigners, about half Jews and half Spanish were held here from February 1941 until July 1942.[1]

The camp was liberated by the Maquis on 19 August 1944 and was then used for the internment of collaborators, but with the same guards. It finally closed in 1947.[2]

People who passed through the camp

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Bibliography

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  • Éric Malo, Les Camps d'internement du Midi de la France, Municipal Library of Toulouse, 1990
  • Denis Peschanski, Les Camps d'internement en France, Paris, PUF, 2002

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Malo, Éric (1988). "Le camp de Noé (Haute-Garonne) de 1941 à 1944". Annales du Midi. 183: 337–352.
  2. ^ "Le camp de Noé". www.musee-resistance31.fr (in French). 2014-12-02. Archived from the original on 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
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