Drawing
- 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
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1942
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Drawings
- Object Type
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Concentration camps in art (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
from Les Milles - Collection Center for the Death Camps
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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.
Two sided drawing of women awaiting transport and at Gurs by another internee
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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.
Ink drawing of female internee reading a book by another inmate
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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.
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"
Drawings of bunk space in the corner of a barrack and two men by an inmate at Gurs internment
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Drawing of "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams." categorized by artist as "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams"
Portrait of sick man leaning back on pillow by an inmate at Gurs internment camp
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Drawing of "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams." categorized by artist as "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams"
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Drawing of "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams." categorized by artist as "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams"
Drawing of men sawing wood outside of buildings by an inmate at Gurs internment camp
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Drawing of "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams." categorized by artist as "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams"
Drawing of a man sitting on a roof by an inmate at Gurs internment camp
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Drawing of "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams." categorized by artist as "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams"
Drawings of men in a canteen and a portrait of a woman by an inmate at Gurs internment camp
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Drawing of "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams." categorized by artist as "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams"
Drawing of three men around a table in a canteen by an inmate at Gurs internment camp
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Drawing of "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams." categorized by artist as "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams"
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Drawing of "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams." categorized by artist as "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams"
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Drawing of "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams." categorized by artist as "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams"
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Drawing of "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams." categorized by artist as "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams"
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Drawing of "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams" categorized by artist as "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams."
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Drawing of "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams." categorized by artist as "Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp's Maintenance Teams"
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From a 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 from Les Milles - Collection Center for the Death Camps
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identified by artist as "In the cattle car during transport to Camp de Gurs, June 2/4, 1940"
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identified by artist as "In the cattle car during transport to Camp de Gurs, June 2/4, 1940"
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Artist notes that this was probably executed in 1940/41 judging from her style and paper. It may have been drawn between March and September 1941 when she was interned at the Police Center of Hotel Terminus du Port in Marseille)
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Artist notes that this is either while interned in Marseilles or on a day pass outside Camp de Gurs