The Shoah (1939–1945)
Djelfa internment camp
1941-1943·Djelfa
The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.
On the highlands, the internal camp for foreigners and opponents, among them many Jews; the winters are harsh there and the barracks poorly sealed.
On the high plateaus, the Djelfa camp interns foreigners and dissidents, among them many Jews who came from Europe by way of Spain or France. The winters there are harsh and the barracks poorly sealed; snow falls, and the wind never stops. Djelfa left a lasting literary trace, as a poet interned there wrote verses that would circulate after the war. The camp falls under military administration and answers to no one; releases depend on individual interventions more than on any review of files.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Egypt and Maghreb
- Country :
- Algérie
Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris ; Yad Vashem, base des communautés.