1942 France Concentration KZ Camp de Recebedou Prisoner Cover To Switzerland
$ 132.0
Description
Up for auction is a beautiful stampless cover from the internment concentration detention camp in Recebedou from a prisoner to Basel Switzerland. In excellent condition. Priced to sell. Postmarked in November 7, 1942. Located in the Toulouse suburbs, the CAMP OF RECEBEDOU was created in July 1940 as reception centre for refugees and evacuated. It was arranged in hospital-camp in February 1941 and was planned for a manpower of 1,400 people. It comprised 87 brick buildings and offered suitable living conditions to the internees. Three houses had been arranged in infirmaries, one for the seriously sick men, one for the women and another for the tuberculous ones. The camp was equipped with a purification plant and the disinfection was ensured by sulphurization of clothing and covers. There was moreover shower cabins and a cold storage for the conservation of the perishable goods. Originaly, visits were authorized twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday, and some internees could obtain the authorization to go a few hours to TOULOUSE. There was also at RECEBEDOU a special small area called “supervised camp" or “house of safety” intended for the undisciplined internees, some of them having been transferred to LE VERNET.
