Alrededor de medio millón de españoles abandonaron su tierra entre febrero y abril de 1939 huyendo de la venganza represiva del nuevo régimen franquista. Se ha reconstruido aquí, con un importante mosaico de fuentes, la historia o las identidades de hombres y mujeres de la pequeña ciudad minera de La Unión (Murcia) que emprendieron el camino del exilio por mar y tierra, desde Francia hasta México, pasando por el norte de África; su suerte estuvo marcada por su condición laboral, económica y política y por el devenir histórico del siglo XX. En su huida encontraron alambradas, campos de concentración y otras guerras que encierran una lucha universal: la del fascismo y antifascismo en la Europa de Entreguerras.
Between february and april of 1939, approximately half a million Spaniards fled their homeland to escape the repressive vengeance of the newly established Francoist regime. This study reconstructs the experiences and identities of the men and women from the small mining town of La Unión (Murcia), who made their way into exile, both by sea and by land—from France to Mexico, with North Africa as a key transit point. Drawing on a wide range of sources, this account highlights how their destinies were shaped by their social, economic, and political circumstances, as well as by the broader historical context of the 20th century. In their flight, they encountered barbed wire, concentration camps, and additional conflicts, all of which reflect a larger, universal struggle: the confrontation between fascism and antifascism in interwar Europe.
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