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Monument Internment Camp for Spanish Republicans Argelés

On this memorial stone on the boulevard the following text is written:

In memoriam of 100 000 Republican Spaniards detained in the camp of Argelés during the Retirada (exodus of Republicans from Spain) of February 1939. Their misfortune: having to fight to defence the republic against fascism in Spain from 1936 to 1939. Free people, don’t forget us.

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Source

  • Text: Kevin Prenger
  • Photos: Coen Prenger

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