In General Franco’s big drive in March 
1938 a large body of International
were captured and sent to a concentration 
camp at Burgos. The conditions and 
treatment at the camp was such as 
to cause many death in there ranks,
deaths from minor illness was a common 
thing as there was not medical treatment 
many of them had open wounds for 
which no treatment was given. 
Beatings were every day given by 
n.c.o’s who were especial picked to 
look after the Internationals, those 
who had bad wounds that caused 
them much pain where the ones usualy
picked for the job as they could 
take it out on the Internationals, 
which they did without fail. 
The food which was supposed to keep us
alive I saw pigs refuse to eat, fish
and beans was the diet in both cases 
they were not cooked and the fish was rotten 
this diet caused sores to break out all