Fort de Romainville
Fort de Romainville
Michelle
Social Studies Grade 8
Mr. Young
12 May 2013
Michelle 1
Mr. Young
Fort de Romainville
12 May 2013
Fort de Romainville During the Holocaust, there were many concentration camps spread throughout Europe. Fort de Romainville was built in the 1830’s. The Nazis used it as a concentration camp during World War II (Fold3 .com). Fort de Romainville is located in France approximately on the outskirts of Paris. When translated to English, Fort de Romainville changes to Fort Romainville (Wikipedia). Fort de Romainville was a Nazi prison and concentration camp. Sometimes the Fort was also used as an extermination camp. Inside the Fort, people were massacred by firing squads. The Fort also acted like a transit camp because some men and women in the camp were interned in the camp and/or deported to other major concentration camps such as Auschwitz, Ravensbruck, Buchenwald and Dachau (Fold3.com). Fort de Romainville was a very useful camp to the Nazis in France. Many people were imprisoned in the Fort. Most of the people that were interned were Communists, resistants, foreign Jews, prisoners of war and hostages. Most of the internees came from France and were part of the French Resistance. Some people that were captured by the Germans and put into the camp were Pierre Georges, Danielle Casanova, Marie –Claude Vaillant- Couturier, Charlotte Delbo etc. The Fort was bought in 1940 by the German military and transformed into a prison. Eighty percent of the people at the camp were deported while others were detained (Fold3.com). These are the types of people that were interned in Fort de Romainville. 2
Romainville held many internees. 3,900 women and 3,100 men were interned before being deported to other camps. A minimum number of 8,100 people were held in it. The total minimum numbers of deaths were
Michelle
Social Studies Grade 8
Mr. Young
12 May 2013
Michelle 1
Mr. Young
Fort de Romainville
12 May 2013
Fort de Romainville During the Holocaust, there were many concentration camps spread throughout Europe. Fort de Romainville was built in the 1830’s. The Nazis used it as a concentration camp during World War II (Fold3 .com). Fort de Romainville is located in France approximately on the outskirts of Paris. When translated to English, Fort de Romainville changes to Fort Romainville (Wikipedia). Fort de Romainville was a Nazi prison and concentration camp. Sometimes the Fort was also used as an extermination camp. Inside the Fort, people were massacred by firing squads. The Fort also acted like a transit camp because some men and women in the camp were interned in the camp and/or deported to other major concentration camps such as Auschwitz, Ravensbruck, Buchenwald and Dachau (Fold3.com). Fort de Romainville was a very useful camp to the Nazis in France. Many people were imprisoned in the Fort. Most of the people that were interned were Communists, resistants, foreign Jews, prisoners of war and hostages. Most of the internees came from France and were part of the French Resistance. Some people that were captured by the Germans and put into the camp were Pierre Georges, Danielle Casanova, Marie –Claude Vaillant- Couturier, Charlotte Delbo etc. The Fort was bought in 1940 by the German military and transformed into a prison. Eighty percent of the people at the camp were deported while others were detained (Fold3.com). These are the types of people that were interned in Fort de Romainville. 2
Romainville held many internees. 3,900 women and 3,100 men were interned before being deported to other camps. A minimum number of 8,100 people were held in it. The total minimum numbers of deaths were