Vals-les-Bains

Lieu d'internement

Between May 21 and November 28, 1942, the Vivarais Hotel was used as an administrative internment center for individuals considered suspect by the Vichy authorities. The prisoners undertook several hunger strikes to call attention to the forced internment. Among the prisoners were the philosopher Emmanuel Mounier and the resistant Berthie Albrecht.

Source: GIRAUDIER V, "La Bastille de Vichy: l'Etablissement d'internement administratif de Vals-les-Bains" in "Des indésirables: Les camps d'internement et de travail dans l'Ardèche et la Drôme durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale", Peuple Libre & Notre Temps, Crest, 1999.