Camp of Gurs - Hiding - Liberation.

An essay by Jacob Barosin about his internment in Camp de Gurs (France) during World War II, written on occasion of an exhibition of his artwork in Kew Gardens, NY, 1984. Also included is a newspaper clipping about the exhibition.Born in Russia, Jacob Judey Barosin came to Germany with his parents and grew up in Berlin where he attended the Academy of Art and studied art history. In 1933, he emigrated to France and spent the first war years in various detention camps in southern France. In 1943 he was sent to Gurs. He was freed there by French authorities and spent the last war years in hiding. In 1947 he immigrated to the USA where he worked as a painter and book illustrator