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View of the tents in the refugee camp

Date
1936 - 1939
Archive
National Archive of Catalonia
Document type
Imatge fixa
Reference code
ANC1-1234-N-504
Link to the online document
Description

Auguste Chauvin was one of the great photographers who portrayed the Retreat, constituting the first mass population displacement of the 20th century. He documented on the one hand scenes of the exodus, disorder, hunger and on the other hand the daily life of the concentration camps of Argelès-sur-Mer and Barcarès. This series of glass plates allows us to learn about the improvised shelters built to protect themselves from the intense cold, showing the harsh living conditions of the refugee camps.