Royallieu-Compiègne internment camp
| Royallieu-Compiègne | |
|---|---|
| internment camp | |
Memorial at Camp Royallieu, inaugurated in 2008. | |
| Location | Compiègne, Oise Occupied France |
| Original use | French army barracks |
| Operational | June 1941 – August 1944 |
| Inmates | political prisoners, Jews, high-ranking French civil servants |
| Number of inmates | 54,000 |
| Killed | 50,000 |
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The Royallieu-Compiègne was an internment and deportation camp located in the north of France in the city of Compiègne, open from June 1941 to August 1944. French resistance fighters and Jews were among some of the prisoners held in this camp. It is estimated that around 40,000 people were deported from the Royallieu-Compiègne camp to other camps in the German territory of the time.
A memorial of the camp, and another along the railway tracks commemorates the tragedy.