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
He played for Drancy, an amateur side in Paris’ northeast suburbs before signing with Strasbourg’s youth academy in 2017.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2022
Pithiviers was the second largest transit camp and deportation point in France for Jews, after Drancy.
From Reuters • Jul. 17, 2022
Kouamelan, 23, said she had to commute about an hour to get to CB3 from her home in Drancy, near Charles de Gaulle Airport on the eastern side of Paris.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2021
When they saw that they were likely to be surrounded, there was a stampede to Aubervilliers and to Drancy, the latter of which was subsequently evacuated.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry
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