At the beginning of World War II, France interned all Austrian and German nationals who were living in France at the time, and Les Milles was the prison for the south eastern region.
An old tile & brick factory, Les Milles saw more than 10,000 'enemy subjects' pass through it's gates, and in 1942, more than 2500 Jewish men, women and children were deported to Auschwitz. The site is now a museum and centre that aims to remember those who were lost, and to educate and remind us of that time in history.
