Joan Abril, Stretching to the sea, the whole enclosure was packed with people. It would have been impossible to let another man in. All the women and children had been sent to another camp. The French guards barely gave any food to the Spanish War exiles. Those poor souls were forced to endure the weather and sleep on wet sand; the starving, feverish looks on their faces were horrifying. They suffered from intestinal disorders caused by salt water. Much has been written about the concentration camp of Saint Cyprien, and the reality of this hell was not once exaggerated: it was all true. (Los Españoles del Winnipeg, J. Ferrer Mir, p.50)