Basque Children with Dr. Ed Packard

Overview

On this episode of our Spanish Civil War Interview Series I was joined by Ed Packard from the Basque Children Association. We discussed the story of the 4000 children that were brought to Britain in 1937. These children came to Britain at a time when their homes and their families were in serious danger, and their story is a mixture of fascinating and heartbreaking. If you want to learn more you go go to basquechildren.org, which I have included a link for in the show notes and on the podcast’s website.

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Further Reading

• Basque Children Association
• 4,000 Basque Child Refugees: Britain’s Response to the Victims of the Spanish Civil War by Isabella Brown
• The Struggle over the Evacuation to the United Kingdom and Repatriation of Basque Refugee Children in the Spanish Civil War: Symbols and Souls by Anderson
• Only for Three months: The Basque refugee children in exile