Mémorial des déportations, City museum and memorial in 2nd arrondissement, Marseille, France.
The memorial occupies a German-built blockhouse from 1943 that served as part of the defensive fortifications against potential Allied invasions in Provence during World War II.
The "memorial of the death camps" opened in 1995, fifty years after the liberation of the concentration camps, to keep alive the memory of Nazi victims. It closed in 2012 for work on Fort Saint-Jean and the MuCEM and for safety upgrades. Reopened on 20 December 2019 as the mémorial des déportations, it now focuses on Marseille's specific wartime experience.
The memorial preserves testimonies and archives documenting the deportation of Jewish residents, political resistants, and other victims of Nazi persecution from Marseille during the occupation period.
The museum operates Tuesday through Friday from 11:00 to 18:00 and weekends from 09:30 to 18:00, offering free admission within capacity limits and wheelchair accessibility for all visitors.
Built within an authentic German bunker from World War II, the memorial stands at the foot of Fort Saint-Jean, directly facing the old districts destroyed during the 1943 raids.
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