Camp d'Argelès in 1939: an unfailing friendship between three girls, a Spaniard and two French women

Camp d'Argelès in 1939: an unfailing friendship between three girls, a Spaniard and two French women

A story of 61 years of friendship unites three women: Mimi, Jacqueline and Francine. Their friendship was born on the beach of Argelès where in 1939 the withdrawal, the Spanish Republican exodus from the Franco regime ran aground. More than 100,000 refugees were gathered in the concentration camp of Argelès, among them Jacqueline’s father. Mimi’s parents will help her wife and daughters cross the border to find him. Jacqueline is two years old when she arrives in the camp. Mimi and Francine often brought her food. Since then, the friendship between these three women has never wavered. The three women’s stories of their history and friendship alternate with family photos and archival images of the exodus.

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File : Spanish exiles

Publication date : 14 March 2000