France · Aix-en-Provence
Les Milles concentration camp
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Photo by Alaric Favier via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Background
The Camp des Milles [kÉÌ de mil] was a French internment camp, opened in September 1939, in a former tile factory near the village of Les Milles, part of the commune of Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône). In October 2015, the site was chosen by UNESCO as the headquarters for its new Chair of Education for Citizenship, Human Sciences and Shared Memories.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
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Operational
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Facility profile
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
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Region
Aix-en-Provence
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Max Ernst1891–1976 · painterMax Ernst (; German: [ÉÊnst] 2 April 1891 â 1 April 1976) was a German-born painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet.
- Else Weil1889–1942 · physician
- Albert Günther Hess1909–1993 · jurist
- Siegfried Seligmann1881–1973 · livestock dealer
- Max Ernst1891–1976 · painter
Max Ernst (; German: [ÉÊnst] 2 April 1891 â 1 April 1976) was a German-born painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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Data completeness
28%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- EHRI Authority Record
- Wikidata entity
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- EHRI Authority List of Camps and Ghettos / USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
- Wikidata (Q481647)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Les Milles concentration camp. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/les-milles-concentration-camp
"Les Milles concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/les-milles-concentration-camp.
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