A neat register shows that, in March 1944, Noe contained inmates of 25 nationalities, including three Americans and 13 Britons aged between 21 and 55, and one other Briton aged over 55.
Some of these Britons and Americans "regrouped" in Noe on the eve of the liberation were wealthy residents of the Cote d'Azur.
Many, without doubt, were on the last transport of aliens to leave Noe-Longages station on July 30, 1944. This "transfer" is referred to in a telegram from the camp commandant on Aug. 28 -- two days after a million cheering French men and women thronged the Champs-Elysees in Paris for Charles de Gaulle's victory parade. Schaechter believes most of them ended up in Dachau.
But what happened to those who stayed? Some are marked "transferred." Others were moved in 1947 to Pithiviers or Rivesaltes camps, both officially closed. Some are marked: "Agreed with Casse -- to be lost." And what that means, no one knows.
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