Envelope from Rieucros Internment Camp

Authors

Object ID

2020.1.18

Object Name

Envelope

Date

1-20-1940

Files

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Description

Envelope with two blue and green stamps as well as red ink stamp with French text inside. Address handwritten in black ink. Verso: more handwritten text in black ink as well as black ink stamp with date 20. Jan. 1940.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Cover from S. Goldschmidt in Rieucros Internment Camp. Rieucros was a French internment camp near Mende in Lozere and was in effect from 1939-1942. With the French increasingly restricting immigration from Fascist countries, fearful of being dragged into war, foreigners were interned in Rieucros; for example, members of the Spanish Republic and International Brigades. After the men were transferred to the camp at Vernet, Rieucros mainly interned women.

Dimensions

3 3/4 x 4 5/8"

Keywords

Rieucros Internment Camp

Subcollection

Internment

Recommended Citation

"Envelope from Rieucros Internment Camp" (1940). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2020.1.18.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1697