letter, From: Gualtero, Juan To: Jellineck, Trude - [field_prison_camp-formatted] No Date, 1942 (?)
Letter
Source
letter
Relation
Internment and Transit Camps Correspondence
Creator
Gualtero, Juan
Sender
Gualtero, Juan
Recipient
Jellineck, Trude
Date
No Date, 1942 (?)
Description
2 pages 4to. Unique letter illustrated
with drawings of rats on the first and of the entrance to the camp on the second page.
Language
fre
Notes
This letter was purchased from famous collector Anthony L. Gard who had never seen a letter from a
French camp with drawings.
Gurs
Opened in April 1939, Gurs will become one of the most important internment camps of the nonoccupied
zone. It was first populated by Spanish refugees then by Jews, Communists and other
persons judged undesirable by the German authorities. The camp was closed by mid-1943.
There were some convoys from Gurs to Auschwitz.
French camp with drawings.
Gurs
Opened in April 1939, Gurs will become one of the most important internment camps of the nonoccupied
zone. It was first populated by Spanish refugees then by Jews, Communists and other
persons judged undesirable by the German authorities. The camp was closed by mid-1943.
There were some convoys from Gurs to Auschwitz.
Prison & Prisoner
Internment Camp
Gurs
Coverage
France
Prisoner Name
Gualtero, Juan
Series & Subject
Subject
World War, 1939-1945, German Concentration Camps and Prisons Collection
Sub-series
Letters from Gurs
Technical
Rights
Rights: Copyright: The creator of the document, or his or her Estate. McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.
Contributer
McMaster University Libraries
Publisher
McMaster University
Date Digitized
June 25, 2009
Format
jpg
Type
image
Identifier
WWIICCC-1061