Drancy
Britishnoun
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Many French Jews were also interned at Drancy, north of Paris, and from there deported to a concentration camp.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
In 1941, the Kaminskys were arrested and sent to Drancy, an internment camp near Paris that was a way station to the death camps.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2023
She took part in a commemoration ceremony this week at the Shoah Memorial in the Paris suburb of Drancy, and is part of an association based at the site that organizes educational trips to Auschwitz.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2022
Pithiviers was the second largest transit camp and deportation point in France for Jews, after Drancy.
From Reuters • Jul. 17, 2022
After some small alarms, on the evening of the 13th strong bodies advanced from Courneuve and Drancy against Le Bourget under cover of a heavy fire from the forts.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
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