Vilar Formoso Fronteira da Paz

Vilar Formoso Fronteira da Paz
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Established26 August 2017 (2017-08-26)
LocationVilar Formoso, Portugal
Coordinates40°36′23″N 6°49′44″W / 40.60634°N 6.82901°W / 40.60634; -6.82901
ArchitectLuísa Pacheco Marques,
HistorianMargarida de Magalhães Ramalho
OwnerMunicipality 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.