letter, From: Basch, André To: Relavé, Jean in Saint-Étienne - [field_prison_camp-formatted] February 23, 1943
Letter
Source
letter
Relation
Internment and Transit Camps Correspondence
Creator
Basch, André
Sender
Basch, André
Recipient
Relavé, Jean in Saint-Étienne
Date
February 23, 1943
Description
3 full pages 8vo. Censor markings.
Censor
Censor Markings
Language
fre
Notes
Very beautiful and moving letter. According to the Mémorial de la Déportation des Juifs de France
by Klarsfeld, André Basch was part of convoy no.50 which left Drancy on March 4, 1943 for the
extermination camp of Majdanek. A note in the margin of the letter states that Basch was arrested
on February 20th. According to Klarsfeld, there were two departures from Gurs for Drancy : one on
February 26 and the other during the night of March 2-3. A total of 888 men from 16 to 65 years of
age and from Gurs formed that convoy no.50. Basch, born on November 16, 1890, was 52 and
probably went directly to the gas chamber on arrival at Majdanek.
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.
by Klarsfeld, André Basch was part of convoy no.50 which left Drancy on March 4, 1943 for the
extermination camp of Majdanek. A note in the margin of the letter states that Basch was arrested
on February 20th. According to Klarsfeld, there were two departures from Gurs for Drancy : one on
February 26 and the other during the night of March 2-3. A total of 888 men from 16 to 65 years of
age and from Gurs formed that convoy no.50. Basch, born on November 16, 1890, was 52 and
probably went directly to the gas chamber on arrival at Majdanek.
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
Basch, André
Series & Subject
Subject
World War, 1939-1945, German Concentration Camps and Prisons Collection
Sub-series
Letters from Gurs
Technical
Rights
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Contributer
McMaster University Libraries
Publisher
McMaster University
Date Digitized
June 25, 2009
Format
jpg
Type
image
Identifier
WWIICCC-1060
Prisoner Name
Basch, André
Sender
Basch, André
Recipient Name
Relavé, Jean in Saint-Étienne
Censor
Censor Markings
Material Type
letter
Sub Series
Letters from Gurs