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Fresnes Prison
This prison was used to hold French resistance members, Allied secrets agents and commandos during the German occupation. Multiple executions took place here during that time. It was used to hold French collaborators after the liberation of France.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Lionel Allorge
Nearby
Museum
- National Museum of the French Army - Paris, 7e
- Mémorial de la Shoah - Paris, 4e
- National French Navy Museum - Paris, 16e
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- Gare de Paris-Montparnasse - Paris, 15e
Monument
- World War I Memorial Bourg-la-Reine - Bourg-la-Reine
- Born of the Liberty Road 2ème DB Antony - Antony
- War Memorial Antony - Antony
Cemetery
- French War Graves Antony - Antony
- Serbian War Graves Thiais - Thiais
- Cimetière parisien de Thiais - Paris
Fortification
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