The Shoah (1939–1945)
Camp of the Trans-Saharan at Colomb-Béchar
1941-1943·Colomb-Béchar
The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.
The railway construction site in southern Oran employs groups of foreign workers, mostly Jews; discipline there is military and the sick are sent back to work.
The railway construction site in southern Oran employs groups of foreign workers, mostly Jewish, and Colomb-Béchar is its terminus. Discipline there is military, work rates are fixed, and the sick are sent back to work for lack of official recognition of their condition. The convoys of internees arrive by rail — the very rail they will extend. Colomb-Béchar also serves as a departure point toward the more distant camps along the line, where those one wishes to keep further away are sent.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Egypt and Maghreb
- Country :
- Algérie
Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris ; Yad Vashem, base des communautés.