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Rivesaltes internment camp, Vichy France. Three young boys and a girl probably peeling potatoes. looking rather forlorn as they work over a large kettle, MS. One boy's head has been shaven. Original photograph bas caption on back: ·Children helping prepare a meal in a French concentration camp (Rivesaltes).· (Name of camp bas been added in in pen.) Varian Fry stamp.

"Rivesaltes internment camp, Vichy France. Probably (given that it appears to be part of a series of photographs taken in Rivesaltes, but no identification given and could be Ours). Male internee in shabby attire stands erect for the photographer, holding his tin can and what may be some food. Men in the b.g. are looking at the scene, some smiling. Caption: -Internee in a concentration camp in' unoccupied France. No clothing is provided and the men are obliged to wear what they have or what they can find. There are no knives, forks. Spoons or plates. Food is eaten out of discarded tins or on pieces of paper."

St. Cyprien internment camp, Vichy, France. Slightly blurry but effective LS left profile of group of men standing in front of a barrack, as two gendarmes in front talk to two of the men. possibly checking papers. Part of series that was marked "Photo Waro." Original had hand-written inscription in German: Intemierten-Lager St." Cyprien. Mannschaftsappele beim Morgennebel

"Gurs camp, Vichy France. Open-air mass on a Sunday. Men kneeling as priest officiates, under a cross, all seen from the rear, LS. Caption on the back of the original indicates photograph was circulated or attempt was made to do so. Back is stamped ""Pix Incorporated, 250 Park: Avenue, New York City."" Also stamp ""Uncensored Photo"" in large letters. Typewritten caption: ""Concentration camps in France-Gurs [preceding in caps]. There are more than 200,000 men and women suffering in the concentration camps in France. Among them are some of the outstanding intellects of Europe, men of letters, musicians, and scientists. They are in camps simply because they are Jews or enemies of Fascism and Nazism, or Spanish refugees who fought in the war. These pictures are the first to be secretly taken at the concentration camp in Gurs in the unoccupied part of France. [After space, as the picture is part of a series:] 3. Out in the open air, on Sundays, the unfortunates in the concentration camp attend mass. Here we see them during the service, kneeling, with heads bowed."" 1940-1941"

"St. Cyprien internment camp, Vichy France. Orthodox Jews praying, draped in their prayer shawls, next to a barrack. Original photograph has caption on back: ""Intemierten Lager St. Cyprien. Gottesdienst orthodoxer Juden."" Also, ""Photo Warn."" Used in Weapons of the Spirit."

"Rivesaltes internment camp, Vichy, France. Group of women, some of them rather forlom, standing as if for inspection behind several men with Surete Nationale arm bands, man at right looking gangster-like. Caption: ""Women in a French concentration camp (Rivesaltes). The men with arm bands are guards of the Surete Nationale. the national police.""(Rivesaltes is added in in pen.) Fry stamp. "

"St. Cyprien internment camp, Vichy, France. Man wearing yarmulke, walking bare-footed outdoors, right to left, as he holds what is probably a religious book. Makeshift wall of some sort behind him, cluttered, open suitcase on the ground. Part of a series taken in St. Cyprien with inscription ""Photo Waro."" Hand-written caption in German reads: ""Intemierten-Lager St. Cyprien. Ent- lausungs kammpagne aber die Gebetsubungen nerden fortgesetzt."" "

"Rivesaltes internment camp, Vichy France. Group of women and children, posing together for a cameraman on the extreme left, with man holding a still camera on the extreme right. Caption: ""Women and clilldren in a French concentration camp (Rivesaltes)."" (The name of the camp is added in in ink.) Back of photograph also has stamp, ""Varian Fry, 56 Irving Place, New York,"" and another stamp, ""Credits from Black Star."" "

"Rivesaltes internment camp, Vichy France. Children mainly (a few women too) standing in front of a barrack (#17), looking at camera, man with ""Surete Nationale"" armband standing in front of them, LS Caption: ""Children in a French concentration camp (Rivesaltes). Man in the foreground is a guard of the Surete Nationale, the national police."" (Name of camp added in in pen). Fry stamp. Used in Weapons of the Spirit."

"St. Cyprien internment camp, Vichy France. Man, possibly orthodox, sitting on bench eating out of a tin can, a melon beside him. Hand-written inscription in German reads approximately as follows: ""Intemierten-Lager St. Cyprien. Irgendmo auf dem Galkan? Nein, im Lager St Cyprien."" Part of series marked ""Photo Waro."" The following caption is written on a piece of graph paper, somehow connected to the photograph: ""Le dejeuner: une soupe a l'eau dans une boite de sardines rouillee qu'on vient emprunter a son voisin. Le melond se vend 10 francs."" 1940-1941"