2,500 Refugees in a Cargo Boat

September 12, 2009

Tags: refugees, refugee ship, exiles, Winnipeg, war, civil war, Spain, France, Chile, Spanish Civil War, Second World War, fascism, dictators, Franco, Pablo Neruda, concentration camps, detention camps, refugiados, barco de refugiados, exilio, exilados, guerra civil, guerra civil española, Francia, Segunda guerra mundial, facismo, dictador, campos de concentración, campos de detención

70 years ago, after fleeing from Franco's wrath, concentration and detention camps in France, and the invading Nazis, my parents and I, departed from Europe in an old, leaky cargo boat originally outfitted for a crew of 12 to 16, bursting at the seams with almost 2,500 Spanish refugees like us. My father had war wounds and had lost the sight of one eye. The boat was called The Winnipeg. The rescue operation was arranged by Pablo Neruda. (more…)

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Novel
Paradise
A refugee girl narrates the amours of the wealthy and the calss system injustices in Latin America
Novela (in Spanish)
El paraíso
Una niña refugiada presencia los amores y las costumbres de los ricos, y las injusticias del sistema de clases en Latinoamérica.
Libro académico
El Teatro Chileno de Mediados del Siglo XX
Estudio crítico del "chilenismo" en la dramaturgia chilena de mediados del siglo XX.

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