Maternite Suisse, Elne, France
Maternite Suisse d'Elne, or Swiss Maternity Hospital, a chateau built 1901-02 for the industrialist Eugene Bardou and used as a maternity hospital by the Swiss Red Cross 1939-44, in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Eugene Bardou was a grandson of Jean Bardou, of the Job cigarette paper company. The hospital was founded to provide a safe and sanitary place for women of the retirada to give birth, and also helped displaced women during the Second World War. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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