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Forgotten asylums' cemeteries: Memory sites threatened with disappearance in France

Around ten cemeteries where psychiatric hospital patients were buried still exist in France.

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The fact

These historically significant sites are threatened with destruction or neglect.

Families see them as a crucial step in giving a name to those forgotten by history.

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Why it matters

Ces cimetières incarnent une page sombre de l’histoire psychiatrique française et posent la question de la préservation de la mémoire des exclus de la société.

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