Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation

Mémorial des martyrs de la Déportation
The memorial at the eastern tip of Île de la Cité
Interactive map of Mémorial des martyrs de la Déportation
LocationParis, France
DesignerGeorges-Henri Pingusson
Opening dateApril 12, 1962
Dedicated to200,000 people deported from Vichy France to the Nazi concentration camps during World War II

The Mémorial des martyrs de la Déportation (English: Memorial to the martyrs of the Deportation) is a memorial to the 200,000 people who were deported from Vichy France to the Nazi concentration camps during World War II. It is located in Paris, France, on the site of a former morgue, underground behind Notre Dame on Île de la Cité. It was designed by French modernist architect Georges-Henri Pingusson and was inaugurated by Charles de Gaulle in 1962.

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