Joan Abril, Saint Cyprien, 16 years later, I went back to the beach of Saint-Cyprien on a hot August morning. There was nothing left of the concentration camp, no trace of the horrible enclosure that surrounded it. Instead, there were large avenues lined up with elegant cottages, luxurious homes and apartments with beautiful gardens. I enjoyed watching the sea endlessly coming and going on the smooth beach. The people who now live there cannot possibly imagine that this beach was once watered by the tears of thousands of unfortunate souls. Many of those people died from disease, hunger or grief. The happy masses of swimmers do not know anything about these tragic events, nor do they know of the inhuman scenes that took place on those beaches. Only a few kilometres away, on the road to Elne, there is a space surrounded by low walls and protected by an iron door. On a section of the portal, a marble tablet recalls these events. There lie the Spanish refugees who were killed in the camp of Saint Cyprien. Among the wild grass, wooden crosses mark the location of the remains of hundreds of anonymous Spaniards. (Pp.50-51)