Drawing

Object | Accession Number: 1988.1.58

Artwork Title: Together - For How Long?
Series Title: Collection of 91 sketches depicting life in several French Internment Camps (1941-1942) and collection centers -- Camp de Gurs 1940 - 1941; Police Center Hotel Terminus du Port, Marseille - 1942; Les Milles - 1942
Date: 1942
Classification: Art
Category: Drawings
Object Type: Concentration camps in art (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Physical Description: Black ink gestured sketch on paper of a large full bodied man and woman lying diagonally. The man on the left is lying with his legs apart, his right leg pointed down and his left angled towards the bottom right corner. His right arm is bent behind his head and his large left hand is on the woman’s outside shoulder. His head rests backwards at an angle, his eyes looking up from under dark heavy eyebrows. The undetailed woman on the right is pressed to him with her left arm across his chest under his circle patterned tie. The artist’s signature and date are in the bottom right corner.
Dimensions: overall : 12.560 x 16.930 in. (31.902 x 43.002 cm.)
pictorial area : 9.130 x 11.810 in. (23.19 x 29.997 cm.)
Materials: overall : paper, ink
Markings: Red ink artist's stamp on verso of cardboard, upper left.
Signature: front, bottom right corner, ink : LRA 42
Inscription: "Lili R Andrieux 42" in felt tip pne verso of cardboard; Penciled in loser right of mat: "camp de Milles - "Together... for how long?""; in felt tip pen on verso of cardboard ""Together - for how long?' Camp des Milles"; Penciled circled "58" in upper right, verso.
Contributor: Artist: Lili Andrieux
Subject: Lili Andrieux
Biography: Lili Andrieux was born Lili Sophie Abraham on October 10, 1914, in Berlin, Germany, to a wealthy, assimilated Jewish family. Her father was a respected notary. From 1933-37, she studied art at the Hochschule fur Kunsterzeichnung, the State College for Art Education, in Berlin. Admittance to the school was based on portfolio work and Lili was the only Jewish woman admitted to the school after Hitler's assumption of power in January 1933. She was not permitted to take her final exams in 1937 because of anti-Jewish laws. In 1938, she went to Paris to continue her studies at the Ranson Academie. It was at this time that she permanently adopted the surname Andrieux.

Soon after Germany invaded France in May 1940, Lili was taken to the transit center in Alencon, the Department of de L’Orne in Normandy. On June 4, she was transferred to Gurs internment camp in southwestern France near the Spanish border. In March 1941, Lili was moved to the Hotel Terminus du port in Marseilles, where women and children were held while waiting for visas and immigration permits. In September, she was transferred back to Camp de Gurs for two months, until November, when she was returned to the Hotel Terminus. While imprisoned, she created over 100 detailed drawings of the daily domestic life and the different groups held in the camps. An exhibit of her works was held in Aix-en-Provence in 1942, but they did not include scenes of the internment camp, as this was forbidden by camp regulations. On September 2, 1942, Lili was sent to the Family Reunion center in Les Milles internment camp, with the other women and children who had been held in hotels in Marseilles. She contracted typhus and was hospitalized in Aix-en-Provence. When she was discharged on September 26, 1942, she escaped and lived in hiding for the duration of the war with the aid of the resistance, which she joined.

On August 24, 1944, the German forces in France surrendered. Lili remained in Aix-en-Provence, working as a translator and multi-lingual secretary for the American Army and the US Graves Registration Command. In September 1946, she immigrated to the United States, leaving Marseille aboard the Athos II. She had been given a scholarship for the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston. She married Ricardo Ester whom she had met in Camp de Gurs. Ricardo, born in Barcelona in 1916, was a refugee from Franco’s Spain, and had been a pilot for the Republic during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939.) They settled in San Diego, California, where Lili had a career as a commercial artist. Her work was occasionally exhibited and is owned by in the Lochamei HaGhetaot and the Bibliotheque Nationale, as well as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Lili, 81, passed away on June 13, 1996, in San Diego. Ricardo, 88, died in December 2004, also in San Diego.
Topical Term: Concentration camp inmates as artists--France--Gurs--Biography.
Concentration camps in art--Pictorial works.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France--Personal narratives.
Jews, German--France--Biography.
Women concentration camp inmates--France--Gurs--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France--Gurs--Pictorial works.
Personal Name: Andrieux, Lili (1914-1996)
Corporate Name: Gurs (Concentration camp)--Biography.
Gurs (Concentration camp)--Pictorial works.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The drawing was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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Also in Lili Andrieux collection

The collection consists of 91 sketches by Lili Andrieux depicting life in several internment camps and collection centers in France from 1941-1942: Camp de Gurs 1940 - 1941; Police Center Hotel Terminus du Port, Marseille - 1942; Les Milles - 1942.

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Sketch of Camp de Gurs.

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Sketch of Camp de Gurs.

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Sketch of Camp de Gurs.

Two sided drawing of women awaiting transport and at Gurs by another internee

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Two sided pencil drawing of women at Alençon transit center and women at Gurs internment camp drawn by Lili Andrieux, 26, who shared their experiences. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy France. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Drawing of seated women waiting for transport by another internee

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Drawing of women sitting on suitcases waiting to be transported from Alencon to Camp de Gurs drawn by Lili Andrieux, 26, who shared their experiences. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy France. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Drawing of a young internee by another inmate

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Drawing of a boy, arms around his knees, a prisoner in Gurs internment camp, by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Two sided drawing of women awaiting transport and at Gurs by another internee

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Ink drawing of female internee reading a book by another inmate

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Ink drawing of a woman reading a book in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Drawing of a woman combing hair on another by a fellow internment camp inmate

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Ink drawing of a woman combing another woman's hair in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing portrait of woman sleeping by an inmate at Gurs internment camp

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Ink drawing of a sleeping woman drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Portait of a seated woman drawn by a camp inmate

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Ink portrait of a seated woman drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Drawing of woman reading outdoors by a fellow camp inmate

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Ink drawing of an older woman reading a book outside drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Sketch of women in their barracks by a fellow camp inmate

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Ink drawing of women relaxing inside their barracks at Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

2 drawings: railroad tracks and women carrying a bucket by a camp inmate

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Two ink drawings, one of railroad tracks, the other of woman carrying a bucket in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Drawing of 2 barracks in tall grass by a camp inmate

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Ink drawing of two wooden barracks drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Portrait of the head of barracks by a camp inmate

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Ink drawing of a pensive middle aged woman drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Sketch of figures inside a barracks by a camp inmate

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Ink drawing of severqal men dressing and relaxing inside a barracks drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Birds-eye view of Camp de Gurs by an inmate

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Ink drawing of a country landscape with the guard tower and barracks of Camp de Gurs in the distance drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Portrait of a pregnant inmate by a fellow inmate

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Ink drawing of a pregnant woman drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Drawing of people sitting on a bench by a camp inmate

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Ink drawing of four women and a male visitor and young girl seated on an outdoor bench drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Version II, drawing of woman reading a book on a mattress by another inmate

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Ink drawing of a woman reading a book drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version I of this drawing see 1988.1.19. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Version 1, drawing of woman reading a book on a mattress by another inmate

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Ink drawing of a woman reading a book drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version II of this drawing see 1988.1.18. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Version 1, drawing of women washing by a fellow inmate

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Ink drawing of women washing outdoors drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version II of this drawing see 1988.1.21. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Version II, drawing of women washing by a fellow inmate

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Ink drawing of woman washing themselves under an outdoor awning drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version I of this drawing see 1988.1.20. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Drawing of a young boy drawn by a camp inmate

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Ink drawing of a child drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Drawing of women washing clothes in a basin by a camp inmate

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Ink drawing of women washing clothes drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Version 1, drawing of woman reading a book on a mattress by another inmate

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Ink drawing of a woman reading a book drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version II of this srawing see 1988.1.18. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Version 1, portrait of three female inmates by another inmate

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Ink portrait of three women drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version II of this drawing see 1988.1.26. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Version II, portrait of three female inmates by another inmate

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Ink portrait of three women drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version I of this srawing see 1988.1.25. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Drawing of a female prisoner sewing by a fellow inmate

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Ink drawing of a women sewing drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Lili Andrieux drawing of 2 women prisoners seated on stools

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Ink wash drawing of 2 women prisoners relaxing in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Version 1, drawing of woman reading a book on a mattress by another inmate

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Drawing

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Sketch of Camp de Gurs.

Drawing of people outside the barracks by an inmate at Gurs internment camp

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Sketch of Camp de Gurs.

Drawing of women cooking in an outdoor kitchen by an inmate at Gurs internment camp

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Sketch of Camp de Gurs.

Drawing of women on benches outside by an inmate at Gurs internment camp

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Sketch of Camp de Gurs.

Drawings of women in barracks and woman doubled over by an inmate at Gurs internment camp

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Sketch of Camp de Gurs.

Drawing of women gathered outside of buildings by inmate at Gurs internment camp

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Sketch of Camp de Gurs. 2nd rotation for 3.03

Drawing of two men folding a blanket by an inmate at Gurs internment camp

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Sketch of Camp de Gurs.

Drawing of two women in undergarments relaxing on a mattress by an inmate at Gurs internment

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Sketch of Camp de Gurs. work described by artist as "Trying to cope with the merciless heat, summer 1940"

Drawing of topless woman sleeping by an inmate at Gurs internment

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work described by artist as "Trying to cope with the merciless heat, summer 1940"

Drawing of a topless woman sleeping on her side by an inmate at Gurs

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Ink drawing by Lili Andrieux which she describes as "Trying to cope with the merciless heat, summer 1940."

Drawing of a bloated woman laying on back by an inmate at Gurs internment

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work described by artist as "Trying to cope with the merciless heat, summer 1940"

Portrait of lounging woman wearing a slip by an inmate at Gurs internment

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work described by artist as "Trying to cope with the merciless heat, summer 1940"