In 1939, the French government established the Gurs camp. Learn more about the history of the camp before and after the German invasion of France.
Gurs internment camp was an internment camp and prisoner of war camp constructed in 1939 in Gurs, a site in southwestern France, not far from Pau.
Gurs internment camp
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Memorial in Gurs, France
Gurs internment camp was an internment camp and prisoner of war camp constructed in 1939 in Gurs, a site in southwestern France, not far from Pau.
Address: Imp. d'Ossau, 64190 Gurs, France
Feb 22, 2023 · Gurs was an internment camp established by the French government in April 1939. After the armistice, the new collaborationist Vichy ...
Gurs, large concentration camp near Pau, in southwestern France at the foot of the Pyrenees, that was used successively by independent France, Vichy France, ...
The French government established the Gurs camp in April 1939, before war with Germany and wel...
Natives of France, Germany's Baden province or central Europe, for many of them Gurs was the last stop before the Nazi extermination camps: indeed, between ...
The Gurs prison camp was situated in southern France, in the region controlled by the Vichy regime, the French government that collaborated with Nazi ...
From 1939 to 1945, the camp at Gurs was one of the largest internment camps in France. Around 64000 people were interned there…
This camp in southwestern France near the Spanish border received German Jews from Baden in October 1942. The camp was largely emptied in August 1942 when ...
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This is a constructed collection of items related to the internment and concentration camps in France in operation during World War II.