France · Salses-le-Château
Rivesaltes concentration camp
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Background
The Camp de Rivesaltes, also known as Camp Joffre, was an internment and transit camp in the commune of Rivesaltes in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales of the French Southern Zone during World War Two. Between August 11 and October 20, 1942, 2,313 foreign Jews, including 209 children were transferred from Rivesaltes via the Drancy internment camp to the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz, where they were murdered. Serge Klarsfeld described the camp as the Drancy of the Southern Zone. Since 2015, the site has been the Mémorial du Camp de Rivesaltes, a museum and memorial documenting the history of the site.
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Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
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Region
Salses-le-Château
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Death-row facility
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No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
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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
- Isja Rossican1905–1968 · pianist
- Ivan Müllner1887–1942
- Laura Hirsch1887–1981
José Barón Carreño1918–1944 · resistance fighter- Robert Grumbach1875–1960 · politician
- Irma Götze1912–1980 · anarchist
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
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Conditions Risk Score
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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 (Q325332)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Rivesaltes concentration camp. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/rivesaltes-concentration-camp
"Rivesaltes concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/rivesaltes-concentration-camp.
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