Heritage Between prison and reuse.
Today buildings located at 80 rue Brochier Marseille host services headquarters on public assistance hospitals of Marseille since 1993. Previously, these buildings had a different function. It was the prison of Saint Peter.
lintel of the entrance gate.
Its construction began in 1861. Prè s q UATRE will take years to complete the impressive building. Augustus Martin (1818-1877), architect of the department of Bouches du Rhone, drew the plans of the prison. The architect was inspired by the new prison model applied in France. Indeed, in the year s 1830, the state research to reform its prisons deemed obsolete or inappropriate to the society of the time. The government will then focuses on systems 're strange prison rs n otamment those of the United States. It pourq UOI in 1833, Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont, two magistr ats are sent to the United States. They publish their return to "the system pe nitentiaire United States and its application in France. " Following this, other trips to the United States are organized. From the fl u of ompanies, Augustus Martin has chosen to build the prison of Saint Peter in the model said Pennsylvanian. The building adopts a plan r adiant from where the central four buildings consisting of two floors.
Voute's central district.
inner central district.
Central District East Gallery.
Central District Southeast.
The prison took office in 1864. Co the same Chave prison, the prison Saint Pierre ceased trading when the new prison Baumettes prison was operational in 1932. However, during the War Mond IALE, prison Saint Peter was reused for the internment Jews and resistance fighters. No mbreux of them are tortured e n this place and many are deported v ers other prisons or concentration camps. These events do uloureux strongly marq ues collective memory. To honor the memory of these victims, a commemorative plaque was installed on one wall of the prison.
Marcel Heuzé Reformed pastor was a native of Le Havre. Following accusations he was arrested Feb. 27, 1943. He spent his first months of incarceration at the prison of Saint Pierre de Marseille. Placed with the Jewish prisoners, he celebrated them for worship and training groups for dialogue which allowed many prisoners to confide. He transferred to the camps at Ravensbrück and Compiegne. He died a few days before the liberation of the camps (image source liensprotestants.over-blog.com).
Benjamin Cremieux was a Jewish literary critic. In 1943, he was arrested by the Germans in Marseille where he will be transported to the prison of Saint Peter. There will be tortured and deported to the prison in Fresnes as resistant. Then it will again be deported to the Buchenwald camp. This will be his ultimate destination since died there April 14, 1944 (image source wiki narbonne.fr).
Commemorative
After the Second World War, St. Pierre definitely lost prison's inmate function. However, the buildings were reused for the benefit of the administration of public assistance hospitals allowing re Staur and maintain the central nave, the wing s southeast.
View Court Northeast became a parking lot to accommodate the government employees.
Sources:
All photographs in the prison are on the site of patrImages.
http://www.prison.eu.org/article.php3?id_article=1902
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