Argelers concentration camp
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The Argelers concentration camp was an internment camp established in early February 1939 on the territory of the French commune of Argelès-sur-Mer for Spanish Republican refugees. Called La Retirada,
Refugees in the camp, 1939
Commemorative monument for the survivors of the retirada (retreat).
La Retirada
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La Retirada was the exodus to France from Spain between 28 January 1939 and 15 February 1939 of nearly 500,000 Republican soldiers and civilians near the end of the Spanish Civil War. The exodus was c
Argelers concentration camp
…internment camp established in early February 1939 on the territory of the French commune of Argelès-sur-Mer for Spanish Republican refugees. Called La Retirada (the withdrawal), many of the refugees were members of the Spanish Republican Army (Ejército Popular Republicano) in the northeast of Spain in the last…
Refugees waiting to cross the border into France.
Civilian refugees at the border. On arrival in France, women and children were usually separated from men of military age.
African Spahis (on horseback) of the French army guard a column of Republican refugees.
Guarded by French soldiers, Republican soldiers arrive at the Argelers concentration camp.