Eight kilometres southwest of Aix, this tile factory in Les Milles manufactured 30,000 tonnes of bricks and tiles per year from 1882 until 31 August 1939, when it was turned into a WWII concentration camp. Unnervingly intact, the camp has been preserved as a memorial. Modern exhibits and historical documents illustrate how 10,000 prisoners from 38 countries were held here. Poignant paintings and prose inscribed on the walls by prisoners remain untouched, as does one of the wagons used to transport 2000 prisoners by rail from Les Milles to Auschwitz.
Among the artists and intellectuals interned at Camp des Milles was surrealist painter Max Ernst (1891–1976). Several exhibits are free.
