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1940 Plain stampless envelope with repaired file hole to Rotterdam endorsed from Leopold Henschel, Camp de Gurs & forwarded via the Red X cancelled Geneva 1 pictorial Skier on Winter Sports slogan ( 6 Jan 41) date stamp with red circular Comite International de la Croix-Rouge /Geneva alongside violet CIA within frame & unframed Poste des Prisonniers /de Guerre & on reverse Geoffnet /Obercommando der Wehrmacht / – e – label (Riemer E – 52) tied black Eagle Swastika (Riemer E – 20) with above small black framed 1977 ………………………………………………..
Camp De Gurs originally set up to house refugees from the Spanish Civil War who feared Franco, later at the start of WW2 it housed German & Axis citizens together with French nationals with what were considered dangerous political views. After the fall of France it became a camp & transit centre for Jews of all nationalities except French…..see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurs_internment_camp