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L., Francis
FRANCIS L. 11 drawings of a Francoist concentration camp: 1 ill. menu "Nouvel An 1943" and 10 ill. postcards showing prisoners' daily life. Miranda de Ebro [c. 1943] Menu: bifolio, 15 cm, French, tinted paper, pencil, red and blue ink, grey lavish, s. "Francis"; postcards: c. 10 x 14,5 cm, pen, China ink and watercolours, monogram "F[rancis] L", 2 of which with ms. mention "Tarjeta Pos." (glue traces on verso of 1 card). Views of the camp and prisoners in various activities. The menu shows on the cover a prisoner named Jean Dulait, "l'Ingénieur", reading a book. This camp was created in 1937 to incarcerate Republican prisoners during the Spanish Civil War and remained in service until 1947, becoming the last of the Spanish concentration camps to close its doors.
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