Main content
This programme is not currently available on 大象传媒 iPlayer

Wales and the Basque Refugees: The Children's Stories

Eddie Butler marks the 75th anniversary of the arrival in the UK of almost four thousand Basque children fleeing from the Spanish Civil War.

A programme which marks the 75th anniversary of the arrival of nearly 4,000 Basque children in the UK in 1937, fleeing from the
terrors of the Spanish Civil War. Eddie Butler looks at how over 200 were accommodated at colonies in Caerleon, Swansea, Brechfa and Old Colwyn, and how they were warmly welcomed by Welsh people who considered that Welsh miners and the Basques were fighting the same enemy - fascism.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 3 Dec 2012 22:35

Clip

Credit

Role Contributor
Presenter Eddie Butler

Broadcast