The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945

On December 13, 1942, 40 Jewish forced laborers were interned in Michaud, about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from Mateur. They were held on a farm. German soldiers guarded the Jews. In mid-April 1943, the camp was dissolved, after the “termite” (regional representative of the Committee for Recruitment) Maurice Taïeb was able to convince the responsible German officer that the Jews were of no value in the heavy fighting in the area, but that they would be of greater value doing forced labor in Mateur. As a result, the remaining forced laborers were sent to Mateur to do cleanup work and excavation. They were liberated by the Allies at the beginning of May 1943.