Almost 22,000 prisoners—more than 18,000 of them Jewish—passed through the Gurs camp in France. Living conditions in Gurs were overcrowded. Prisoners faced a constant shortage of water, food, and clothing. Many of the camp's Jewish prisoners were ultimately transported to killing centers in occupied Poland.
View of the Gurs camp as photographed from a water tower. Gurs, France, ca. 1941.
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Women prisoners in the Gurs camp. Gurs, France, ca. 1943.
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Women prisoners standing in front of barracks at the Gurs camp. Gurs, France, ca. 1943.
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Jewish women prisoners in the Gurs camp. Gurs, France, ca. 1943.
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A group of foreign-born Jews poses for a photo in Gurs, a French internment camp in southwestern France. Gurs, France, 1941.
Samuel Liebermensch is pictured at the center. Hugo Mayer is seated on the lower right. Siegfried Lindheimer is pictured in the first row , second from the left.
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Crowded living conditions: prisoners inside a barracks at Gurs detention camp. France, probably 1940.
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Jewish women prisoners behind a barbed-wire fence at the Gurs detention camp. France, between 1940 and 1943.
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