IISH

José Ester Borrás Papers

Period  1925-1980 (-1993)
Total size   2.87 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Ester Borras, José: born in Berga, Spain 1913, died in Alès, France 1980; trade unionist and campaigner for political prisoners; active in the Spanish anarchist youth movement; fought in the Colonna Tierra y Libertad during the Spanish Civil War; was arrested by the communists; fled to France in 1939; participated in the French resistance against the Nazis; was arrested and deported to the concentration camp Mauthausen; returned to France in 1945; as one of the founders and moving spirit of FEDIP, Ester campaigned for political prisoners in Franco's Spain, for former political prisoners in German concentration camps and for imprisoned Spanish republicans in the Soviet Union; also active in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) in exile.

Content

Personal correspondence 1937, 1939-1952, 1957-1961; identity cards and other personal documents 1931, 1937, 1945-1947, 1952 and n.d.; typescript of 'Recuerdos y Reflejos', first chapter of his autobiography 1942; documents on the French resistance and the liberation of Paris 1941, 1945-1946, 1948, 1959, 1966 and n.d.; documents from his wife Odette Ester-Kervorc'k 1976-1992 and n.d.

Spanish prisoners in Germany: correspondence with F. Herzfelder, Felix Martorell, Carlos Martinez Parera and others concerning indemnity payments to former Spanish prisoners in German concentration camps 1958-1974; other documents on indemnity payments, including documents concerning the German Bundesentschädigungsgesetz ( BEG) 1954-1974 and n.d.; reports and notes by Hans Marsalek and others concerning former Spanish prisoners in Mauthausen 1949, 1953, 1957-1971, 1978 and n.d.; lists of names 1946, 1968 and n.d.; documents concerning the Fédération Nationale des Déportés et Internés Résistants et Patriotes (FNDIRP) 1968-1970 and n.d.; documents concerning the Fédération Internationale Libre des Déportés et Internés de la Résistance (FILDIR) 1964-1965, 1970 and n.d.; other documents and clippings concerning deported Spaniards in German concentration camps 1939-1940, 1946-1972 and n.d.

CNT in exile: minutes of meetings 1948-1949; correspondence with A. Germinal Esgleas of the Movimiento Libertario Español (MLE) 1947-1948 and correspondence with Marcelino Massana 1951-1952, José Peirats 1951 and n.d., Roque Santamaria 1951-1952 and others 1945-1974; files concerning persons, including Juan Cazorla Pedrero 1952-1954; Luis Companys 1934, 1936, 1940, 1969-1970; Guillermo Farregut Castells 1950 and n.d.; A. Florentino Estallo 1952-1955; Gabriel Garcia Tomas 1949-1950; Manuel Mendez de Vigo y Cubas n.d.; Quintin Sanchez 1952; Francisco Sanz 1950 and n.d.; Felipe Torrente Larrosa 1952-1953; files on the weekly Ruta of the Federación Ibérica de Juventudes Libertarias (FIJL) in France 1953, on interventions in behalf of prisoners in Spain and France 1946-1947, 1949, 1952, on the exile of inhabitants from Berga in France 1947-1951-1953, 1957-1960, 1966 and other subjects; reports, notes and other documents concerning the CNT 1946-1952, 1966 and n.d.; typescripts of articles by J. Ester 1941, 1943; printed material, including photocopies of newspaper articles by Albert Camus on the Franco regime in Spain 1948-1953, 1957, 1959, 1961-1962, 1964-1966 and n.d.

Processing information

Inventory made by Tiny de Boer in 2002, supplement to the list on the accruals of 2006 and 2011 made by Bouwe Hijma in 2012

Secondary creator
Ester-Kervorc'h, Odette. Federación Española de Deportados e Internados Politicos (Paris)

INTRODUCTION

José Ester Borrás was born on 26 October 1913 in Berga (province of Barcelona), Spain. His parents Dolores Borras Solanas and Francisco Ester were practically illiterate and from very poor families. His father, who was a construction worker and later had a small bar, could write a little. Ester had one older sister Antonia . Ester started working as a locksmith apprentice in 1927. He met Alfonsina Bueno Vela in the factory where they both worked. They became companions in 1932. They had one daughter Angeline , born in 1932 in Berga.

Ester was a member of the Federación Ibérica de Juventudes Libertarias . In 1932 he joined the Textile Union of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) in Berga. In July 1936 he took part in the revolutionary committee of Berga, before enlisting in the Colonna Tierra y Libertad in the Spanish Civil War. He fought alternately at the in Aragon, Madrid and in Catalonia. In May 1938 Ester, Leal and Domingo were arrested by the communists, who accused them of having killed an official of the brigade. He was kept imprisoned until the front line collapsed. After the fall of the Spanish Republic he fled to France where he joined the CNT in Exile in the region of Toulouse. During the occupation he participated in the resistance against the Nazis and since its founding in July 1940 he was a member of the group of Francisco Ponzán Vidal . The group, exclusively consisting of Spanish anarchists, had contacts with the international network Pat O'Leary , later called the network Pat- Françoise (after the arrest of 'Pat', the Belgian doctor colonel Albert Guérisse ). On 30 April 1941 he was arrested in Toulouse and interned in camp Vernet d'Ariège, where at the request of Francisco Ponzán and thanks to Robert Terres and a few administrative accomplices, he was set free with false documents. Within the Pat-Françoise Network he was involved in the evacuation of numerous allied pilots and members of the international resistance to Spain. He was arrested again on 28 October 1943 by the Gestapo, together with his first wife Alfonsina , his father-in-law Miguel Bueno Gil and his brother-in-law José Bueno Vela . Ester was deported to Mauthausen concentration camp, where he was a member of an illegal international committee which prepared the uprising and the liberation of the camp in 1945. His wife and his brother-in law also survived the concentration camps, unlike his father-in-law who died in Mauthausen.

After returning to France Ester was one of the founders of the oftline Federación Española de Deportados e Internados Políticos (FEDIP) , of which he was general secretary from 1947 until his death in 1980. FEDIP was founded in August 1945 in Toulouse and moved to Paris in the beginning of 1947. In FEDIP nearly all political alignments of Republican exiles were united. During the split in 1945 of the Movimiento Libertario Español (MLE) in Exile , Ester signed the declaration of the province of Barcelona, which supported the elected National Committee during the congress held in Paris. He became secretary of the Comisión de Relaciones of the MLE-CNT Intercomarcal del Alto Llobregat y Cardoner , but he mainly dedicated himself to the support of former deportees to concentration camps. Thanks to his persistent campaigning they or their widows obtained a pension from the German government.

In 1947 Ester was the principal instigator of the campaign for the liberation of the antifascist Spanish sailors and pilots in training, interned in the Soviet Union labour camps in Karaganda. After many years of efforts the surviving prisoners were released in 1956. Ester also participated in the work of the Commission Internationale contre le Régime Concentrationnaire (CICRC)n (International Commission against Forced Labour Camps), instigated by David Rousset . The members of FEDIP also campaigned for political prisoners of the Franco regime in Spain. Ester took part in all FEDIP congresses and collaborated regularly to FEDIP's internal bulletin Hispania .

Working in the Spanish section of the Office de Protection des Réfugiés et Apatrides (OFPRA) (of the Department of Foreign Affairs) Ester took part in the settling of numerous cases of refugees and former freedom fighters, who clandestinely escaped Spain under the Franco regime. He intervened many times to save militants in Spain or to save those threatened by expulsion from France as a result of their actions against the Franco regime.

Ester was honoured with the title 'sous-lieutenant' of the Forces Françaises Combattantes, officer in the Légion d'Honneur and with various decorations (French, English and American), including the King's Medal of Freedom for his participation in the resistance. Ester remained active until well into the 1970s. In 1974 he left Paris with his second wife Odette Ester-Kervorc'h and moved to Saint Christol les Ales (Gard)? He died on the 13th of April 1980. See also the FEDIP archives and www.iisg.nl/collections.ester.html

The IISH received the papers from his widow Odette Ester-Kervorc'h in 2000, supplemented later that year with a small accrual concerning the campaign for the release of the prisoners in Karaganda obtained from Rolf Dupuy . In 2002 another small accrual was received from Odette Ester-Kervorc'h. The papers of FEDIP complement the documents received in 1998 on the organization's campaign for the liberation of Spanish republican prisoners in Karaganda, Soviet Union. The FEDIP papers consist of congresses and meetings, correspondence by Ester and José Doménech and others, files on various persons, correspondence, files and other documents concerning the indemnifications for Spaniards in German concentration camps. Another part of the papers relate to Ester's activities in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo in Exile (CNT) . The CNT papers consist of minutes of meetings, correspondence with various general secretaries of the CNT in Exile and other correspondence, files on various persons, reports and other documents. Also included are documents concerning Ester's activities in the Comisión de Relaciones of the MLE-CNT Intercomarcal del Alto Llobregat y Cardoner , documents concerning his friends from Berga and documents concerning his activities in the CICRC and OFPRA . The papers also include documentation on Spain, on concentration camp Mauthausen and other documentation. The collection also contains some papers of Odette Ester-Kervorc'h.

Books and periodicals were transferred to the library of the IISH. Photo's, drawings and tapes were transferred to the audiovisual section of the IISH.

INVENTORY


GENERAL

1-4
Incoming letters and carbon copies of letters.   1937, 1939-1943, 1945- 1964, 1966-1967, 1969-1971, 1974-1975, 1977.  1 box and 3 folders.
1
1937, 1939-1943, 1945-1954. (box)
2
1955-1958.
3
1959-1962.
4
1963-1964, 1966-1967, 1969-1971, 1974-1975, 1977.

PERSONAL

5
Identity cards and membership cards.   1931, 1937-1938, 1945 and n.d.  1 cover.
6
Documents concerning his arrival in France as a refugee under the alias Domingo Lopez Sepulveda .   1939 and n.d.  1 cover.
7
Documents concerning his work in the resistance during the second World War.   1941-1943, 1945-1952, 1967 and n.d.  1 cover.
8
'Recuerdos y reflejos'. Typescript of the report of his youth recollections. With notes.   1942 and n.d.  1 volume.
9
Documents concerning the repatriation of Ester and his wife Alfonsina .   1945-1946 and n.d.  1 cover.
10
Passports.   1947 and n.d.  2 copies..

PUBLIC LIFE


FEDIP


Congresses and meetings
11-13
Documents concerning congresses.   1961, 1965, 1970, 1974.  1 folder and 2 covers.
11
1961.
12
1965.
13
1970, 1974. (folder)
14
Minutes of meetings.   1945, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1973 and n.d.  1 folder.

Correspondence
15-16
Correspondence concerning the campaign for the relief of the interned Spaniards in Karaganda.   1947-1950.  1 folder and 1 cover.
NB. See also the FEDIP archives.
15
1947-1948. (folder)
16
1948-1950.
17
Correspondence by José Doménech , general secretary of FEDIP .   1949-1951.  1 cover.
18
Correspondence by José Ester , general secretary of FEDIP , including some other documents.   1960, 1962- 1966, 1970-1974, 1978 and n.d.  1 folder.
19
Correspondence with the Fédération Nationale des Déportés et Internés Résistants et Patriotes (FNDIRP) . With documentation.   1968-1970 and n.d.  1 cover..

Files
20-32
Files on various persons.   1949-1952, 1954-1959, 1961-1962, 1964- 1973, 1978 and n.d.  13 covers.
20
Balius Mir, Jaime . 1961, 1964, 1966.
21
Companys-Ballester, Carmen. 1940, 1967-1973 and n.d.
22
Conill Valls, Jorge . 1962 and n.d.
23
Doménech, José. 1950- 1952.
24
Garcia, Servideo. 1949.
25
Gonzales Bravo, Amador . 1946, 1948, 1950.
26
Massana Bancell, Marcelino. 1951- 1952, 1954-1956.
27
Mir Jou, Joaquin and Joaquin Navarro Litago . 1952, 1955 and n.d.
28
Prat Nogués, Pedro . 1949-1950, 1958-1959.
29
Puzo, Mariano . 1952-1955 and n.d.
30
Rosa Sanchez, Antonio . 1950- 1951.
31
Tarradellas, Josep. 1970-1973, 1978.
32
Other persons. 1951-1952, 1955, 1957-1959, 1965.

Indemnifications ('BEG')
33
Correspondence with F. Herzfelder , member of the court of appeal of Munich in Paris concerning the indemnifications, including notes.   1958, 1962-1966, 1968-1971 and n.d.  1 cover.
34
Correspondence, mainly with Felix Martorell and Carlos Martinez Parera concerning the indemnifications, including notes.   1958-1966, 1970.  1 cover.
35
Correspondence with Alfred Frenzel , member of the German parliament and others concerning the German indemnifications.   1959.  1 cover..
36-37
Other correspondence concerning the indemnifications for Spanish prisoners in German concentration camps. With notes. Partly transcripts of letters.   1959-1962.  2 folders..
36
1959-1960.
37
1961-1962.
38-55
Files on indemnifications.   1944, 1954-1962, 1964, 1966, 1969-1970 and n.d.  18 covers..
38
'Notas de interés, carta de servicios, copias de cartas curiosas'. Notes and correspondence, including some clippings. 1944, 1958-1962 and n.d.
39
File on José Ma. Otto Warncke . 1944, 1959, 1966, 1969-1970.
40
File on Josefa Pajerols-Casals Ballus . 1954-1958 and n.d.
41
'Cartas circulares Espagne'. Circular letters and concept-letter. 1957, 1959 and n.d.
42
'BEG, note honoraires, decisiones negativos, carta consulado de Barcelona'. File on consulates and lawyers. 1957, 1960-1962, 1964 and n.d.
43
'Informes'. Reports, including letters from F. Herzfelder . 1958-1959 and n.d.
44
'Proyectos'. File on indemnification projects. 1958-1959 and n.d.
45
'Cartas enviadas a España'. Letters sent to Spain. 1958-1959 and n.d.
46
'Pensiones, Gestiones-Transferencias, Banca'. File on transfer of pensions through banks. 1958-1960 and n.d.
47
'Cuestiones tramite, archivo de notas'. File on questions, including notes. 1959-1960 and n.d.
48
'Casos' especiales'. File on special cases. 1959-1960.
49
'Prensa'. Clippings on indemnifications, including correspondence. 1959-1960 and n.d.
50
'Modelos'. Examples of letters. 1959-1961 and n.d.
51
Printed open letter to Triboulet , minister of former resistence fighters, including a carbon copy. 1960.
52
'Radio'. Notes by Ester concerning a radio interview. 1960.
53
'Pensiones, Estadisticas, Calculos'. File on statistical data. 1960, 1964, 1966 and n.d.
54
'Notas, entrevistas Herzfelder'. Notes of interviews with F. Herzfelder , including circular letter. 1961-1962 and n.d.
55
'España'. File on Spanish indemnifications. 1961-1963, 1965- 1969 and n.d.
56-58
Lists of payments of the indemnifications.   1960-1962.  3 folders.
56
1960-1961.
57
1961.
58
1961-1962.
59
Lists of names.   1968.  1 cover..
60
List of concentration camps, published in Bundesgesetzblatt , no. 5, part 1 (Bonn).   1970.  1 copy..
61-62
Other documents concerning the payment of indemnifications, including correspondence with F. Herzfelder , member of the court of appeal of Munich in Paris.   1953-1954, 1957-1971, 1974, 1980 and n.d.  1 folder and 1 cover..
61
1953, 1962-1971 and n.d. (cover)
62
1954, 1957-1965, 1967, 1969-1970, 1974, 1980 and n.d.

Contacts with FILDIR
63
Minutes of congresses and meetings of the Fédération Internationale Libre des Déportés et Internés de la Résistance (FILDIR) , including some other documents concerning FILDIR.   1954-1955, 1961, 1966-1968, 1970- 1971.  1 cover.
NB. FEDIP is a member of FILDIR.
64
Other documents concerning FILDIR . 1964-1965 and n.d.  1 cover..

Other FEDIP documents
65-66
Documents concerning the buying off arrangement by the French government in 1974 of social contributions during internment, deportation or captivity.   1939- 1940, 1942-1943, 1945-1948, 1951, 1957, 1962-1971, 1973-1974 and n.d.  2 folders..
65
1939-1940, 1942-1943, 1945-1948, 1951, 1962, 1967-1968, 1970-1971, 1973-1974.
66
1939-1940, 1942, 1953, 1957, 1962-1966, 1969-1974 and n.d.
67
Lists of Spanish, Dutch and English prisoners in concentration camp Mauthausen and other camps.   1944 and n.d.  1 cover.
68
Statements concerning the Spaniards who died in concentration camp Mauthausen.   1946.  1 cover.
69
Documents concerning interventions in favour of prisoners in Spain and France.   1946-1947, 1949, 1952.  1 cover.
70
Passports of the Republican Spanish Government in Exile, decreed for the interned in Karaganda.   1948.  1 folder.
NB. The passports were never used; they all left directly for Spain.
71
Documents concerning testimonies and information on detention in Spanish prisons.   1948, 1950.  1 folder.
72
Documents concerning French pensions for exiled Spaniards.   1948, 1950, 1965, 1972-1973, 1978 and n.d.  1 cover.
73
Typescripts of articles, reports, a speech and notes by Ester and others.   1949, 1951 and n.d.  1 piece.
74
Documents concerning the Comité d'Aide (aid committee) of FEDIP .   1949, 1952-1953 and n.d.  1 cover.
NB. See also inv.no. 17.
75
Financial statements.   1960-1961.  1 cover.
76
Documents concerning commemorations.   1965, 1969, 1975.  1 cover.
77
Transcripts of correspondence, mainly between Jeannot and Joffre , including notes concerning Francisco Hernandez Gonzalez .   1968-1969.  1 cover..
78
Documents concerning the publishing of Hispania. Boletin Interno de la FEDIP .   1968-1971.  1 cover.
79
Documents concerning a controversy after the visit of the Spanish king Juan Carlos to Mauthausen.   1978.  1 cover.

CNT in Exile


Meetings
80
Minutes of meetings.   1945, 1947-1952.  1 folder.

Correspondence
81
Correspondence with Germinal Esgleas , Valerio Mas , Federica Montseny , Bernardo Pou , Alfonso Tricheux , José Viladomiu and others.   1946-1950.  1 cover.
82
Correspondence with Germinal Esgleas , secretary of the Comité Nacional of the CNT , and some others.   1947-1948.  1 cover..
83
Correspondence with José Peirats , secretary of the Comité Nacional of the CNT , and some others.   1947- 1950.  1 cover..
84
Correspondence with Cristobal Ballesta , Manuel Benitez , Pedro Flores , Baltasar Martinez , Juan Pintado and others.   1947-1950.  1 cover..
85
Correspondence with José Peirats during his imprisonment in Lyon.   1951 and n.d.  1 cover.
86
Correspondence with Roque Santamaria .   1951-1953.  1 cover..
87
Correspondence with Martin Vilarrupla , general secretary of the Secretariado Intercontinental of the CNT in Exile , and some others during the 'proceso de Barcelona'.   1952.  1 cover..
88
Correspondence, mainly with Jaime Vivé , general secretary of the national committee of Solidarité Internationale Antifasciste (SIA) .   1952.  1 cover.
89
Correspondence with J. Borraz , general secretary of the Federación Ibérica de Juventudes Libertarias (FIJL) in Exile concerning the publication of Ruta .   1952-1953.  1 cover..
90
Correspondence with A. Florentino Estallo .   1952-1955.  1 cover.
91
Other correspondence and circulars.   1939, 1942, 1944-1956, 1958 and n.d.  1 folder.

Correspondence between others
92
Correspondence between Germinal Esgleas and José Perez Montes .   1940-1941, 1944-1945.  1 cover.
93
Correspondence, mainly by José Pérez and Santiago .   1941, 1944-1948 and n.d.  1 cover.
94
Carbon copies of letters by Bernardo Pou .   1945-1946 and n.d.  1 cover.

Files
95-125
Files on various persons.   1940, 1944-1945, 1948-1955, 1963 and n.d.  31 covers..
95
Abad Botella, Mario . 1944, 1948- 1949.
96
Anto, Emilio . 1950, 1954.
97
Araujo Garcia, Vicente . 1944, 1949-1951, 1953-1954 and n.d.
98
Belchi Serrano, Sebastian . 1953.
99
Caro Sanchez , Manuel and Mariano Garcia Prieto . 1952.
100
Casaubon Maldonado, Herminio . 1952.
101
Cazorla Pedrero, Juan . 1950, 1952- 1954 and n.d.
102
Corbi Lopez, José . 1950-1951.
103
Costa Queralt, Juan . 1950-1951 and n.d.
104
Farregut Castells, Guillermo . 1950 and n.d.
105
Garcia Tomàs, Gabriel . 1940, 1949-1950 and n.d.
106
Gil Rosas, José . 1953.
107
Gulias Otero, Secundino . 1951- 1952 and n.d.
108
Ibars, Jaime . 1952-1953.
109
Llaugi Pons, Ramon . 1944-1945, 1950-1952, 1963.
110
Leal Aranda, Jesus . 1949 and n.d.
111
Martinez Maluenda, Jesus . 1951- 1953, 1955 and n.d.
112
Martinez Ceniceros, Vicente . 1950 and n.d.
113
Massana Bancell, Marcelino . 1950- 1951.
114
Massana Casoliva, José . 1950-1951 and n.d.
115
Mendez de Vigo y Cubas, Manuel . 1950 and n.d.
116
Peralta Berges, Francisco . 1950.
117
Samitier-Uruen, Thomas . 1953 and n.d.
118
Samperiz Zamora, Roman . 1954 and n.d.
119
Sanchez, Quintin . 1952 and n.d.
120
Sanz Fernandez, Francisco . 1950 and n.d.
121
Segura Taxies, Marcelino . 1950.
122
Serra, Isidro . 1951-1954.
123
Torrente Larrosa, Felipe . 1952- 1953 and n.d.
124
Urbaneja Estevez, Felix . 1951.
125
Other persons. 1951- 1953.
126
File on expulsions.   1946-1949.  1 cover.
127
File on the arrest of 13 anarchists in Spain (?).   1950 and n.d.  1 cover.
128
File on the imprisonment of José Peirats and others.   1950-1952.  1 folder..
129
File 'Originales para el archi de pícaros Falangistas'. Lists with names and notes concerning various persons.   N.d.  1 cover.

Reports and notes
130-131
Reports and notes on the CNT.   1938, 1946-1952 and n.d.  1 folder and 1 cover..
130
1938, 1946-1950.
131
1951-1952 and n.d. (folder)
132
Reports on Spanish prisons.   1945, 1950, 1952.  1 cover.

Other CNT documents
133
Spanish and French paper money, partly dating from the Spanish Civil War.   1925, 1927-1928, 1931, 1937-1938 and n.d.  1 cover.
134
Manuscript and typescripts of articles and speeches by Ester , Féderica Montseny and others.   1941, 1943, 1946, 1950 and n.d.  1 cover.
135
Identity cards of Antonio Morales Macias and Manuel Cruz Ferreira .   1945-1946.  2 pieces.
136
Carbon copies of transcripts of newsletters, telegrammes and other documents of the Cuerpo de Ejercito (army corps) of Urgel (Spain).   1946.  1 cover.
137
Documents concerning the congress of the Association Internationale des Travailleurs (AIT) .   1951.  1 cover.
138
Police reports, judge reports and testimonies.   1951-1952.  1 cover.
139
Documents concerning a protest meeting against the death sentences of CNT militants in Sevilla and Barcelona, held in Paris. With photographs.   1952.  1 cover.
140
Documents concerning the attack on dr. Bernard Peck and his wife by Spanish bandits.   1953.  1 cover.
141
Biographical data concerning José Riquelme y Lopez Bago , former general in the Spanish army, including some other documents concerning him.   1972 and n.d.  1 cover.
142
'Consideraciones y juicios acerca de la Tercera Internacional' by Angel Pestaña . (1922). Transcript of the essay.   N.d.  1 piece.
143
Other documents.   1940, 1944-1945, 1948-1954, 1957, 1963 and n.d.  1 cover.

Comisión de Relaciones of the MLE-CNT Intercomarcal del Alto Llobregat y Cardoner

144
Minutes of meetings.   1946-1947.  1 cover.
145
Correspondence and circulars.   1945-1947 and n.d.  1 cover.
NB. See also inv.no. 1.
146
Reports, mainly carbon copies.   1945-1947 and n.d.  1 cover.
147
Other documents.   1945 and n.d.  1 cover.

Assistance to friends from Berga

148
Documents concerning 'official progress in favour of friends from Berga'.   1938-1939, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1962-1962.  1 cover.
149
Correspondence with expatriates from Berga.   1947-1950.  1 cover.
150
File concerning Francisco Casafont Farras .   1946, 1966.  1 cover.
151
File concerning Marcelino Massana Bancell , including some others from Berga.   1949-1953.  1 cover.
152
File concerning Teresa Orriols Calderer .   1957-1960.  1 cover.

Other documents

153
Documents concerning cooperation of the German secret police with foreign political police. Photocopies.   1938, 1940, 1942.  1 cover.
154
Documents concerning conspiracy of German police services and Spanish Franquists.   1940, 1942.  1 cover.
155
Declaration and vaccination certificate from the camp of Vernet-d'Ariège for Louis Garcia .   1942.  1 cover.
156
File on resistance in France and the liberation of Paris.   1945-1946, 1952, 1955-1957, 1964, 1966 and n.d.  1 cover.
157-160
Documents concerning the Commission Internationale contre le Régime Concentrationnaire (CICRC) (International Commission against Forced Labour Camps).   (1949-) 1950-1953, 1956-1957 and n.d.  3 folders and 1 cover.
157
(1949-)1950. (cover)
158
1950-1951.
159
1952.
160
1953, 1956-1957.
161
Letter from Gabriel Farreras de Luis to Socorro Gonzalez .   1952.  1 piece.
162
Identity card of Agueda Gimenez Serrano .   1952.  1 piece.
163
Documents concerning the Office Français de Protection des Réfugiés et Apatrides (OFPRA) of the Department of Foreign Affairs.   1971-1975 and n.d.  1 cover.
164
'Algunas ideas falsas del anarquismo' by Max Nettlau (1905). Transcript of the article, including corrections in the Spanish translation by Ester .   N.d.  1 piece.

DOCUMENTATION

165-167
Documentation on Spain, including notes by Ester .   1946-1953, 1957-1963, 1965-1966, 1971-1972 and n.d.  1 box, 1 folder and 1 cover.
165
1946-1951.
166
1952. (folder)
167
1952-1953, 1957-1963, 1965-1966, 1971-1972 and n.d. (box)
168
Photocopies of articles from and concerning Albert Camus , mainly published in Solidaridad Obrera , including other documents concerning Camus.   1948-1949, 1951-1953, 1955 and n.d.  1 cover.
169
Report concerning the situation of the representatives who were elected in the general elections of 16 February 1936 in the parliament of the Spanish republic.   1950.  1 piece..
170
Tekst of a play, taking place in the capital of a european state, some years after the wars of 1936-1945. Untitled.   1952.  1 piece.
171
'Mémorandum du Groupe Kronstadt . Une page d'histoire du mouvement anarchiste Français'. Stencilled report.   1954.  1 piece.
172
Documentation concerning the Commission Internationale contre le Régime Concentrationnaire (CICRC) .   1954- 1955.  1 cover.
173
Course book 'Historia del Movimiento Obrero Español. Epoca de 1842 al 1860' by Bernardo Pou . Received from Bernardo Pou in 1956.   1956 and n.d.  1 volume..
174
Triangle bleu. les républicains espagnols à Mauthausen 1940-1945 , book by Manuel Razola and Mariano Constante . With notes, clipping and a photograph of a drawing.   1969.  1 cover.
NB. Comments on Ester on page 132-133.
175
Articles in newspapers and periodicals concerning concentration camp Mauthausen.   1969-1970 and n.d.  1 cover..
176
Newspaper clippings on legal and social subjects, mainly published in Le Déporté , Le Patriote Resistant and Journal des Combattants .   1969-1974.  1 folder.
177
Documentation on the expulsion from France of seven Spanish refugees of the Basque provinces.   1970, 1972.  1 cover.
178
Typescript of an article by Hans Marsalek (museum of Mauthausen) in reaction to the article 'Republicanos Españoles en los campos de exterminio nazis' by Eduardo Pons Prades , published in Historia y Vida , no. 30 (1970), including notes. Photocopy.   1971.  1 cover..
179
Report concerning the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) . Photocopy.   1972.  1 piece.
180
Typescript of a report by Antonio Velasco concerning his captivity in concentration camp Mauthausen, including notes. Photocopy.   N.d.  1 cover.
181
Newspapers articles and clippings on various subjects.   1945-1946, 1950, 1952, 1954-1955, 1960-1961, 1964, 1966 and n.d.  1 cover.

Papers of Odette Ester-Kervorc'h


NB. Born 15th July 1915 in Bouguenais, France, died 11th March 2010 in Chapelle-sur-Erdre, France.
182
Documents concerning the preparation of the book 'Deportation' by Odette Ester .   1939-1940, 1944-1945, 1949, 1958, 1964, 1973-1974, 1976, 1978-1981, 1985, 1993 and n.d.  1 folder.
183
Note from Albert Camus concerning an open letter from Camus to UNESCO , including covering letter from Odette Ester .   1952, 2000.  1 cover.
184
Correspondence, including some other documents.   1980-1982, 1983, 1987 and n.d.  1 cover.
185
Documents concerning 'Karaganda'.   1984 and n.d.  1 cover.
186
'Dix ans de ma vie. 1935-1945' by Manuel Alfonso . Typescript of the book, including a manuscript, notes and a carbon copy of a letter by Odette Ester .   1985 and n.d.  1 folder.
187
Documents concerning her activities as a member of the Comité de Soutien aux Kurdes Grévistes de la Faim à Alès.   1992.  1 folder.

ANNEX

188
File 'Frau Frederika'.   1955-1957.  1 folder.

Accrual 2002 to the papers of José Ester Borrás

189
Documents concerning the participation of Spanish republicans in the resistance in France.   1946-1951, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1962-1966, 1972, 1981-1982, 1998 and n.d.  1 folder.
190
Documents concerning the homage to José Ester from FEDIP, held in Toulouse.   1972.  1 cover.
191
Documents concerning the testimonies of deported Spanish republicans to Mauthausen and other concentration camps.   1976, 1979-1980, 1987 and n.d.  1 cover.
192
Typescript by Manuel Zapico Terrente on the role of guerrilla fighters in Asturia until 1951 and their passage to France.   N.d.  1 cover.

Supplement list 2012 (Accruals 2006 and 2011)

General

Correspondence
193-194
Correspondence by José and Odette Ester, mostly on behalf of the FEDIP.  1975-1976, 1979-1990. 2 folders.
193
1975-1976, 1979-1990.
194
1981-1982.
Meetings
195-196
Minutes of the meetings and other documents regarding the national congresses of the FEDIP.  1945-1946, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1991. 2 folders.
195
1945-1946.
196
1970, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1991.
197
Minutes of the meetings and other documents regarding the national council of the FEDIP.  1963, 1980-1985, 1987-1989, 1992. 1 folder.

Various subjects

Founding and statutes
198
Documents on the founding of the FEDIP.  1945 and n.d. 1 folder.
NB. Zie ook 228.
199
Statutes and regulations of the FEDIP and correspondence on these.  1965, 1981-1983, 1985, 1987 and n.d. 1 folder.
200
Agreement between the FEDIP and the Spanish government, represented by Jorge Semprun y Maura, Minister of Culture, on the transfer of the archives of the FEDIP to the Spanish state.  1988. 1 folder.
Departments of the FEDIP
201
Correspondence by and other documents regarding the department Eastern Pyrenees (Comité Départamental de los Pirineos-Orientales, Perpignan) of the FEDIP.  1967, 1973-1975, 1987-1988. 1 folder.
202
Minutes of meetings, correspondence and other documents regarding the department Gard (Section du Gard, Nîmes) of the FEDIP and the history of Spanish refugees in this area of France.  1980-1986. 1 folder.
History writing ('le Livre')
203-205
Plan of work, correspondence, typescripts and notes regarding the book on the history of the FEDIP.  1945-1946, 1948, 1962, 1970-1971, 1980-1983, 1989-1991, 1998, 2004-2006 and n.d. 3 folders.
203
1945-1946, 1948, 1962, 1970-1971 and n.d.
204-205
1980-1983, 1989-1991, 1998, 2004-2006 and n.d.
Typescripts / memories
206
Copy of 'Rapport sur la situation actuelle des Réfugiés Espagnols qui furent victimes du national-socialisme' by José Ester.  1955. 1 cover.
207
Typescript of a declaration on the concentration camp Mauthausen by an unknown person during the Schulz process in Cologne on 14-15 September 1962.  1962. 1 cover.
208
Typescript 'Estructura Organica. Zonas y Departamentales' by the General Secretary of the FEDIP. With some enclosures.  1966, 1971 and n.d. 1 cover.
209
Typescript 'Les camps d'extermination' by and notes on this typescript by Émile Témime. With some enclosures.  1971, 1989 and n.d. 1 folder.
210-211
Typescript 'El K.V. Mauthausen garante de la vida de un Español (p. 35-61), lists, notes and other documents on the concentration camp Mauthausen and its Spanish prisoners.  1974, 1978, 1980, 1990 and n.d. 2 folders.
212
Typescript 'Refrescando memorias para evitar tropezones repetidas beces' by José Rasal.  1981. 1 cover.
213
Typescript by Firmin (Fermin) Arce on World War II and letter from Arce to Odette Ester.  1982. 1 cover.
214
Typescript 'Vidas bajo el terror concentracvionario, su calvario, sus torturas, su muerte' by Fermin Arce.  N.d. 1 cover.
215
Typescript 'Recuerdos de un ayer (Para mi amiga Odette Ester)' by J. (Pepe) Paniagua.  1983. 1 cover.
216
Typescript 'Temoignages oraux sur les guerillas antifranquistes du Leon (1947-1952)' by Odette Martinez-Maler.  [c. 2002]. 1 cover.
217
Typescript 'Rapport établi par la F.E.D.I.P. concernant l'activité des Républicains Espagnols dans la Resistance contre l'envahisseur Nazi' / 'Rapport concernant l'activité des Résistants Espagnols en France au cours de la guerre 1939-1945'.  N.d. 1 cover.
218
Manuscript by Cabrega (?).  N.d. 1 cover.
219
Typescript by Comellas (?).  N.d. 1 cover.
220-221
Copies of typescripts by Lope Massaguer.  N.d. 2 folders.
222
Typescript 'Mis contactos con Ester' by José Peirats.  N.d. 1 cover.
223
Autobiographical typescript by Manuel Zapico Terrente.  N.d. 1 folder.
224
Typescript of an intervention by Odette Ester during a colloquium in Vallerargues, Gard.  N.d. 1 cover.
225
Typescript 'La mémoire et l'oubli. Essai sur l'exil et la déportation espagnols' by Émile Témime (?).  N.d. 1 folder.
Various persons, organizations and subjects
226
Correspondence between José Ester Borrás and A. José Corbella.  1940-1941. 1 cover.
227
Correspondence with and documents on Ramiro Santisteban.  1940, 1987, 1990 and n.d. 1 cover.
228
Manuscript of a speech 'Camarades' by André Breton on the Franco dictatorship and the strikes in Barcelona in March 1951 and the newspaper Solidaridad Obrera of 1 March 1952, published in Paris, with contributions by André Breton, Albert Camus, Emile Kahn and Jean-Paul Sartre.  1952. 1 folder.
229
Identity card of Ramon Sant Mas and copy of a letter by an unknown person about life and death of Sant Mas.  1965, 1973. 1 cover.
230
Copy of a letter from José Ester Borrás to André Malraux on the Burgos process.  1970. 1 cover.
231
Letter and press article on the reburial in Madrid of Francisco Largo Caballero, the earlier president of the Spanish Republican Government and the exhumation of his remains in the cemetery Père Lachaise in Paris in April 1978.  1978. 1 cover.
232
Correspondence between Odette Ester and Roc Peleja.  1980-1982. 1 cover.
233
Correspondence between Odette Ester and Carlos Cabeza, the secretary-general of the FEDIP.  1981-1986. 1 cover.
234
Correspondence between Odette Ester, Carlos Cabeza, Jean (Juan) Gil and some others.  1981, 1985-1986. 1 cover.
235
Documents on the affair Antonio Cano.  1983. 1 cover.
236
Documents on the affair Enrique Coma Casas.  (1973-1974), 1983. 1 cover.
237
Manuscript by Ignazio Silone.  N.d. 1 cover.
238
Declaration by the FEDIP on the situation in Spain and accusation against the regime of general Franco, notified to the General Assembly of the United Nations.  1950. 1 cover.
239
Minutes of the meetings of the Fédération Internationale Libre des Déportés et Internés de la Résistance (FILDIR) and other documents on the FILDIR.  1952, [1967], 1974-1975, 1979 and n.d. 1 folder.
240
Documents regarding the rights of refugees and stateless persons living in France.  1977-1979 and n.d. 1 folder.
241
Documents on the Amicale des anciens guérrilleros Espagnols en France (F.F.I.).  1978, 1998 and n.d. 1 folder.
242
Documents on the rights of widows of fighters for the Spanish Republic and other war victims.  1980-1984. 1 cover.
243
Correspondence and other documents on the German reparations.  1980-1986 and n.d. 1 cover.
244
Correspondence with and other documents on the Musée de la Résistance Nationale in Champigny.  1987 and n.d. 1 folder.
245
Documents on the concentration camp Dachau.  N.d. 1 folder.
Annex
246-247
Correspondence by Odette Ester, Ligue des Droits de l'Homme. Section Alès and other documents on immigrants in France.  1991-1992. 2 folders.
248
Documentation on the Front National and the extreme right scene in France.  1996-1997 and n.d. 1 folder.
249
Documents on the CNT (France).  2006. 1 folder.