Rivesaltes concentration camp, France

Identifier
irn1000459
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.261.1
  • RG-60.0521
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Fox News, Inc.

Scope and Content

Children and mothers getting off buses on arrival in the camp. Tracking shot of "camp garden," people working with hoes. Men in hospital beds; sick people arriving from Gurs camp. People eating in dining hall. Mail passed out. Elderly men and women walking outdoors.

Note(s)

  • VHS time codes precede Beta SP time codes above. VHS runs from 01:06:59 to 01:08:30 Beta SP runs from 01:06:59 to 01:08:06 Described (narrated) by Lowell Thomas. See also Story 821, Film ID 521 for more unedited footage (longer) of camp scenes. Original story card lists location as "Noe Rivesaultes, France." Noe was farther west, above the French border with Spain, and in the vicinity of Toulouse. Rivesaltes is towards the eastern coast where France and Spain come together. Gurs is the farthest west, and considerably closer to Noe. Location needs verification (6/99).

Subjects

  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS
  • HOSPITALS
  • CHILDREN (JEWISH)
  • LABOR
  • RIVESALTES
  • WOMEN
  • BUSES
  • PRISONERS
  • REFUGEES (JEWISH)
  • FRANCE
  • USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
  • JEWS
  • EATING

Places

  • Rivesaltes, France

Genre

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