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Pyrénées-Orientales department, Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi Pyrénées region. The cemetery at the Camp de Rivesaltes was for those who died awaiting deportation East during World War Two. More about the deportations can be seen at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/0185_Rivesaltes.html. The website of the present memorial and museum can be seen at http://www.memorialcamprivesaltes.eu. Information about those buried at the cemetery including lists and personal information can be found at http://www.memorialgenweb.org/ and www.yadvashem.org. Articles about memorials at the cemetery can be seen at http://rivesaltes.blogs.lindependant.com/archive/2011/11/12/hommage-aux-victimes-juives-enterrees-au-cimetiere-de-rivesa.html. and
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