Gare d'Orsay - Paris, France
N 48° 51.629 E 002° 19.568
31U E 450574 N 5412165
This marker is located on the exterior wall of the former Gare d'Orsay train station and tells how the station was used as a reception center for liberated Nazi prisoners on their return after World War II.
Waymark Code: WMMWGY
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 11/15/2014
Views: 13
The marker reads:
Entre avril et août 1945, un grand nombre
de rescapés des camps de prisonniers,
des camps de concentration, des camps
de travail forcé, tous victimes du
nazisme, furent a leur retour accueillis
dans la Gare d'Orsay, le plus important
centre français de rapatriement.
[English Translation: Between April and August 1945, a large number of survivors of the prison camps, concentration camps, and forced labor camps, all victims of Nazism, were welcomed back at the Gare d'Orsay, the most important center of French repatriation.]