Camp of Thil
The town of Thil (Meurthe-et-Moselle, near to Longwy) is a French concentration camp of the Second world war. It is only the kommando (" annexe") Struthof in French territory not annexed.
Its presence is attested by a report/ratio of March 1951 coming from the files of Arolsen (international service of the Red Cross).
Indicated then under the name of “camp of work of Erz”, the camp of Thil-Longwy, according to any probability, functioned of May 10th, 1944 until September of the same year, goes back to its evacuation due in advance of the allied armies. The reasons of its establishment in the North of Meurthe-et-Moselle are explained in particular by the presence, in the area, of many iron mines. After the bombardment of Peenemünde, near to the the Baltic, principal center of manufacture of the rockets V1 and V2, the mine of Thiercelet with Thil, was selected because of its 250 000 m2 of surface, to shelter an underground factory having to be used as manufacturing unit of these rockets. The building site was abandoned before term.
It is estimated that some 800 to 900 deportees passed by this camp After the war, the inhabitants of Thil decided to build, by subscription, a Crypte containing the Crematorium. This monument was inaugurated the November 17th 1946 in the presence of many personalities, among which the deputy Louis Marin, the Founder president of the FNDIRP, the colonel Henri Manhès and representatives of the de Gaulle General and the chief of the government, Georges Bidault.
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