Rivesaltes. So handy for the railway. Destination: Auschwitz, via Drancy.
Visit this wonderful museum which was a beacon of hope for expectant mothers exiled during the Retirada.
Towards the end of August 1944, resistance fighters from all around the region fought Germans and French militia to take back Perpignan.
How about a day out in an iconic Citroën 2CV?
The Avions war memorial at Port Vendres quotes the now legendary tribute from Winston Churchill to the heroic pilots and aircrews who, from June to October 1940 fought the Battle of Britain.
Walter Benjamin has a plaque dedicated to him in Banyuls-sur-Mer.
It is so very important that we never allow this to happen again.
Have you ever wondered what the D in D-Day stands for?
RAF Sergeant Leslie John Faircloth parachuted to safety when he was shot down on a bombing raid on the Paris/Vaires railway yard on the outskirts of Paris in 1944.
Only fragments survive to witness the passage of more than 60,000 people interned in the Camp of Rivesaltes between 1942 and 1966.