Recuerdos: Basque Children Refugees in Great Britain / Niños vascos refugiados en Gran Bretaña

Name of traveller

Basque refugee children

Reason for travel

• Basque refugees from Spanish Civil War

Date of travel

1937-39

Content

• customs: little engagement with Welsh language or culture as the children remain in self-contained groups
• industry: affinity with the industrial south in particular
• people: some tensions with the local population but the children are nevertheless supported in their plight by the mining community in particular
• territory: in many ways, the stay in Wales appears as a big adventure, despite the distance from home

Nationality of traveller

Basque, Spanish

Language of publication

English, Spanish

Gender of traveller

Male, Female

Type of publication

autobiography

Citation

Various. Recuerdos: Basque Children Refugees in Great Britain / Niños vascos refugiados en Gran Bretaña. Ed. Natalia Benjamin. Oxford: Mousehold Press, 2007. Print.