Notable inmates

René Cogny (25 April 1904 in Saint-Valery-en-Caux – 11 September 1968) was a French Général de corps d'armée, World War II and French Resistance veteran and survivor of Buchenwald and Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camps.

Renee Diane Alway (born April 29, 1986) is an American fashion model, the last eliminated contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8 and the runner-up on Modelville.

Renée Léa Lévy (26 September 1906 – 31 August 1943) was a French school teacher of Jewish origins.

Colonel René Paul Fonck (27 March 1894 – 18 June 1953) was a French aviator who ended the First World War as the top Entente fighter ace and, when all succeeding aerial conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries are also considered, Fonck still holds the title of "all-time Allied Ace of Aces".

René Albert Gimpel (4 October 1881–3 January 1945) was a French art dealer of Alsatian Jewish descent who died in 1945 in Neuengamme concentration camp, near Hamburg, Germany.