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Never Again! – Issue No. 1 of the Bulletin of the National Federation of Deportees and Detainees. France, November 1946 - Plus jamais ça!... [“Never Again!”] – Issue No. 1 of the bulletin of the Neuilly-sur-Seine branch of the Fédération Nationale des Déportés et Internés, Résistants et Patriotes – National Federation of Deportees and Internees, Resistance Fighters and Patriots. France, November 1946. Rare first issue of an internal bulletin published by the Neuilly-sur-Seine branch of the FNDIRP, one of the principal organizations of concentration camp survivors, deportees, internees, and members of the Resistance established in France immediately after the liberation. The title of the bulletin, Plus jamais ça! – “Never Again!” – was the slogan adopted by camp survivors immediately after liberation. The front page features three harrowing photographs of camp survivors in appalling physical condition, conveying the immediate urgency of the effort to rehabilitate the survivors. The editors explain that the purpose of the new monthly publication was to serve as a link between the organization and its members, to provide information concerning the rights of deportees, internees, and their families, and to address matters relating to the deceased, the repatriation of bodies, pensions, grants, clothing, and other forms of assistance. The declaration concludes by stating that the slogan “Never Again!” would serve as the guiding principle of their efforts to resolve the problems left in the wake of deportation and imprisonment, and to prevent their children from ever suffering prisons and camps. The issue also includes a section devoted to Restitution aux familles aux frais de l'Etat des corps des Anciens Combattants et Victimes de la guerre – the return, at state expense, of the bodies of former combatants and war victims to their families. It details the categories eligible for the return of remains, including political and racial deportees and internees, victims of bombing, members of the Resistance, and civilians who died far from their places of residence as a result of deportation or evacuation. Alongside this appears a notice seeking information about Hélène Vieille, who was arrested in May 1944, deported to Ravensbrück, and subjected to forced labor by the Germans. The issue also includes a medical section offering free medical care to deportees and internees, and an obituary for Robert David, a survivor of deportation who died as a result of forced labor. The organization was founded in October 1945 and in January 1946 adopted the name FNDIRP. Its objectives included assisting survivors and their families, defending their material and moral rights, and preserving the memory of Nazi persecution and resistance to the Nazis. This was one of the organization’s earliest publications. [4] pages. Fold marks. Very good condition.