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Les Corts prison's history

The Provincial Prison for women in Barcelona, the main female penitentiary along the First Francoism, was originally a Correccional General de Dones (General Correctional for Women) of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government,  1936-1939).

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The Second World War. Jenny Kehr’s suicide

Les Corts prison was also impacted by the events of WWII taking into consideration the proximity of the French border. 

 

1942
December
Jenny and Nathan Richard Kehr (courtesy of Paul E. Breene and Rosa Sala Rose)
Jenny and Nathan Richard Kehr (courtesy of Paul E. Breene and Rosa Sala Rose)