Established | 26 August 2017 |
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Location | Vilar Formoso, Portugal |
Coordinates | 40°36′23″N 6°49′44″W / 40.60634°N 6.82901°W |
Architect | Luísa Pacheco Marques, |
Historian | Margarida de Magalhães Ramalho |
Owner | Municipality of Almeida |
The Vilar Formoso Fronteira da Paz (Frontier of Peace) memorial is a museum devoted to the role played by the Portuguese border town of Vilar Formoso in the reception of Jewish refugees and others from France and elsewhere who were escaping Nazi persecution in World War II.