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Fleeing Franco : How Wales gave shelter to refugee children from the Basque country during the Spanish Civil War /
In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, four thousand children escaped by ship from Bilbao and were given sanctuary in Britain. The book focuses on the experiences of the exiles who came to Wales where four Homes were established; it includes several first-hand accounts from surviving refugees. In on...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cardiff :
University of Wales Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, four thousand children escaped by ship from Bilbao and were given sanctuary in Britain. The book focuses on the experiences of the exiles who came to Wales where four Homes were established; it includes several first-hand accounts from surviving refugees. In one camp unrest by some of the boys became headline news, but overwhelmingly the children's experiences were of generosity and solidarity from ordinary people, even though Wales was itself suffering from extreme poverty. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (202 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780708323373 0708323375 1299200818 9781299200814 9781783162857 1783162856 9780708323366 0708323367 |