Question 15413 — Travelers

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Ms. Ersilia Soudais draws the attention of the Minister of Culture to the site of the internment camp for “nomads” at Coudrecieux in Sarthe: descendants of internees and representatives of associations are demanding the classification of this place, the right of contemplation within it and the preservation of the wall frescoes. The Coudrecieux camp is in fact a unique place in the world in that it preserves drawings and paintings on its walls made by “nomadic” internees between 1940 and 1942. These are the last material traces of the genocide of the Manouches, Sinti, Travelers, Yenishes, Gypsies and Roma in France. However, nothing has been done to preserve the remains of this site, which is located on private property, the Domaine de la Pierre. The deterioration of the place is obvious. The last walls threaten to collapse. The owners of the Château de la Pierre, which adjoins the camp, left it abandoned. As the 80th anniversary of the release of the last "nomadic" internees from the French camps approaches and ambitious memorial work appears necessary to fight against the anti-Gypsyism which remains alive in the country, she would like to know the measures planned to respond to the legitimate demands of the descendants of internees and representatives of associations.

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