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Summary from 1942 of the German Jewish refugee Jenny Kehr, following her suicide in the Women’s Prison in Barcelona.

Date
1942
Archive
Central Archive of the City of Justice of Barcelona
Document type
Textual
Reference code
CAT AJTBCNH JUD JPII16BCN SUM 446/1942
Link to the archive
Description

The judicial summary of Jenny Kehr, a German Jewish refugee, is a striking testimony of Franco’s repression and Nazi persecution in Europe. Arrested in Catalonia after fleeing the Gurs camp, Kehr was imprisoned in Lleida and later transferred to Figueres, where she sensed her imminent deportation. Faced with the fear of falling into Nazi hands, she decided to commit suicide in the women’s prison in Barcelona in 1942. This judicial document reflects the Franco regime’s cruelty towards refugees and complicity with the Holocaust. Its history connects Catalonia with the great European traumas of the 20th century, showing how the Catalan territory was a scene of resistance, pain and memory. Its inclusion in the digital resource provides a human and international vision, linking Catalan memory with the construction of a Europe based on dignity, human rights and solidarity.