Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation

You are approaching the eastern tip of the Île de la Cité, where the Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation stands in quiet seclusion. This site was once the location of a city morgue, a choice of geography that highlights the memorial's purpose as a place for reflecting on the systematic dehumanization during the Second World War. Inaugurated in 1962 by General Charles de Gaulle, the monument honors the 200,000 individuals deported from France to Nazi concentration camps.