Les Milles
Les Milles is a village, part of the commune of Aix-en-Provence, in southern France.
Camp [des Milles] was opened in September 1939 at a former tile factory in the village. Originally a French internment camp to detain Persona [non grata|undesirable aliens], it was later used as a transit camp for Jews to be deported to extermination camps, mainly Auschwitz [concentration camp|Auschwitz].