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Fresnes Prison
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| Fresnes Prison (Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes) is the second largest prison in France, located in the town of Fresnes, Val-de-Marne near the city of Paris. It comprises a large men's jail (maison d'arrêt) of about 1200 cells, a smaller one for women and a penitentiary hospital. Construction of the prison took place between 1895 and 1898 based on the design of architect, Henri Poussin. Using... Read enhanced Wikipedia article |
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Fresnes Prison
Fresnes Prison (Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes) is the second largest prison in France, located in the town of Fresnes, Val-de-Marne near the city of Paris. It comprises a large men's jail (maison d'arrêt) of about 1200 cells, a smaller one for women and a penitentiary hospital.
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List of prisons
This page provides a list of prisons by country. ... Fresnes Prison, Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, near Paris
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Brigitte Friang
Brigitte Friang is a French journalist and writer. ... Working in the same group as Colonel F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas, she was captured by the Gestapo, shot while trying to escape, then taken to Fresnes Prison and tortured, before being deported to Ravensbrück concentration camp.
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Fleury-Mérogis Prison
Fleury-Mérogis Prison (Maison d'arrêt de Fleury-Mérogis) is a prison in France, located in the town of Fleury-Mérogis, in the southern suburbs of Paris. ... Fleury-Mérogis is one of the three main prisons of the Paris area, the Fresnes Prison (the second largest in France) and the La Santé Prison (located in the centre of Paris) being the other two.
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SOE F Section timeline
Timeline of events in the history of Section F of the Special Operations Executive. ... John Starr was transferred from Dijon, 21, to Fresnes prison, 94.
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La Santé Prison
La Santé Prison (French: Maison d'arrêt de la Santé or Paris - La Santé) is a prison located in the XIVe arrondissement of Paris, France. ... La Santé is one of the three main prisons of the Paris area, the Fleury-Mérogis Prison (Europe's largest prison) and the Fresnes Prison, both located in the southern suburbs, being the other two.
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Albertine Sarrazin
Albertine Sarrazin (September 17, 1937, Algiers—July 10, 1967, Montpellier, France) was a French author most famous for her semi-autobiographical novel L'Astragale. ... In 1953, a bungled hold-up had her sent to Fresnes Prison.
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Michel Hollard
Michel Hollard (July 10, 1897 in Epinay, Eure–July 16, 1993) was a colonel and a member of the French Resistance during World War II. ... In 1944, he was arrested by the Gestapo in Paris, tortured, imprisoned in Fresnes Prison and sentenced to death.
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