Camp Vernet
Concentration camp in Le Vernet
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Le Vernet Internment Camp, or Camp Vernet, was a concentration camp in Le Vernet, Ariège, near Pamiers, in the French Pyrenees. It was built in 1918 as a barracks, but after World War I it was used as an internment camp for prisoners of war. Wikipedia
First built: 1918
Inmates: Spanish refugees, Jews, former members of the International Brigade
Notable books: The Invisible Writing, Scum of the Earth
Le Vernet Internment Camp, or Camp Vernet, was a concentration camp in Le Vernet, Ariège, near Pamiers, in the French Pyrenees.
In 1940 it became a repressive camp for interning all foreigners considered suspect or dangerous to the public order. From 1942 it served also as a transit camp ...
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The Memorial of Vernet-d'Ariège Internment Camp is a tribute to the concentration camp for Spanish refugees that operated from February to September 1939 ...
This museum retraces the history of Camp Vernet where 40,000 people of all nationalities were sent between 1918 and 1945. Originally a place of transit, ...
Internment Camp for political enemies and 'undesirable' foreigners. 1942 to June 1944: Concentration- and transit camp for Jews. 15 June 1944 to 1948: POW-camp ...
Built during the first world war as German prison camp, LE VERNET had been refurbished in February 1939 to shelter Spanish refugees.
Feb 29, 2024 · Originally built in 1918 to house colonial troops, Vernet emerged as a site of cruelty in the wake of 'La Retirada', where 500,000 Spaniards ...
… sent to Le Vernet, a Vichy concentration camp, for a year and a half; his deportation to Auschwitz in July 1942; his experiences in Auschwitz; the…
In 1940 it became a repressive camp for interning all foreigners considered suspect or dangerous to the public order. From 1942 it served also as a transit camp ...
Dec 25, 2023 · Le Vernet Internment Camp, or Camp Vernet, was a concentration camp in Le Vernet, Ariège, near Pamiers, in the French Pyrenees.