70 years ago the infamous internment camp at Septfonds was closed down. Opened in 1939 to intern refugees from the Franco regime during the Spanish civil war, it was also used to house Jews arrested under the German occupation. In a reference to the Lexos station debate here on reader suggests that it was far more likely that the Jewish prisoners were loaded onto trains at Caussade, rather than Lexos, given its proximity to Septfonds and the main line to the north.
There are many families of Spanish descent in the area whose families were among the internees at Septfonds and there is a Facebook page dedicated to its history. Do click the link it is interesting.
Septfonds internment camp
https://www.facebook.com/campdeseptfonds/timeline
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