MuseumMemorialJewish HeritageWWII Site
CERCIL — Holocaust Memorial Museum, Orléans
Orléans›Loiret›Centre-Val de Loire›Western France›France
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About CERCIL — Holocaust Memorial Museum
CERCIL (Centre d'Étude et de Recherche sur les Camps d'Internement dans le Loiret) documents the history of three World War II internment camps in the Loiret department: Pithiviers, Beaune-la-Rolande, and Jargeau. The museum occupies a former municipal kindergarten of approximately 1,000 square metres donated by the City of Orléans. A dedicated memorial space honours the 4,400 children who were transferred from the Vel d'Hiv roundup in Paris to the Loiret camps and subsequently deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where none survived.
CERCIL — Holocaust Memorial Museum — Planning Your Visit
Opening Hours
Monday10:00 - 12:30, 14:00 - 17:00
Tuesday10:00 - 12:30, 14:00 - 20:00
Wednesday10:00 - 12:30, 14:00 - 17:00
Thursday10:00 - 12:30, 14:00 - 17:00
Friday10:00 - 12:30, 14:00 - 17:00
SaturdayClosed
Sunday14:00 - 18:00
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Museum Entry
Recommended€4
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The first mass arrest of Jews in France took place on May 14, 1941, over a year before the more widely known Vel d'Hiv roundup. French police summoned foreign Jewish men using green-coloured convocation slips — earning it the name "Rafle du Billet Vert" (Green Ticket Roundup). Approximately 3,700 men were arrested and sent directly to Pithiviers and Beaune-la-Rolande. This operation was organised entirely by French authorities without direct German orders.
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