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The camp at Gurs is nestled in the foothills of the Pyrenees, very close to the border with Spain. Under normal circumstances, you might have come here for a vacation — beautiful scenery, clean air and water, a lovely spot to visit. But now, it's quite a different story.

Into this internment camp, the French friends of Germany have crammed perhaps 15,000 Jews, far more than the camp can accommodate. As a result, people sleep out in the open, on the muddy ground. If it rains, you get soaked; if it snows, you may even freeze to death. There is hardly enough food to keep you alive. There are no toilets except those which the inmates improvise; no medical help is available. Within months of your arrest, 2,000 of the inmates have died as a result of the unbearable conditions.

You survive, you are certain, only because you have come here with a large group of friends, friends you trust, friends who will protect and help each other. So, it becomes a dilemma when a sympathetic camp guard suggests that it would be to your advantage to leave your friends and look out for yourself.

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If you stay with your friends, continue to page 101.

If you take the advice of the guard and separate yourself from the others, continue to page 102.