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Photo by Édouard Brissy via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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  • Asile d'aliénés de Bitray - Atelier du sculpteur Feyer avec ses élèves - Châteauroux - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APD0001223.jpg

    Photo by Édouard Brissy via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Asile d'aliénés de Bitray - Bureau des comités - Châteauroux - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APD0001217.jpg

    Photo by Édouard Brissy via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Asile d'aliénés de Bitray - Cuisines individuelles en plein air - Châteauroux - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APD0001225.jpg

    Photo by Édouard Brissy via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Asile d'aliénés de Bitray - Distribution du café le matin - Châteauroux - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APD0001213.jpg

    Photo by Édouard Brissy via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Asile d'aliénés de Bitray - Distribution du pain - Châteauroux - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APD0001210.jpg

    Photo by Édouard Brissy via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Asile d'aliénés de Bitray - Groupe de musiciens - Châteauroux - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APD0001211.jpg

    Photo by Édouard Brissy via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Asile d'aliénés de Bitray - Infirmerie - Châteauroux - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APD0001227.jpg

    Photo by Édouard Brissy via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Asile d'aliénés de Bitray - La cantine - Châteauroux - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APD0001198.jpg

    Photo by Édouard Brissy via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Background

Bitray, some 3 km to the east of Déols in France, was the site of a First World War civilian internment camp. It had around 500 occupants, consisting of nationals of countries then at war with France. Journalist Georges Batault of the Gazette de Lausanne visited it on 23 April 1915, and reported the presence of 287 men, 193 women, and 180 children. Of those, 323 were Germans and 337 were Austro-Hungarians. In 1917 it was converted to an American Army hospital.

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