by Assumpta Montellà · Now Books · tapa dura · ISBN 9788496201439
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«La Maternidad de Elna» is the historical account by Assumpta Montellà, published by Now Books in hardcover (168 pages, in Spanish).
Between 1939 and 1944, the Swiss teacher Elisabeth Eidenbenz founded a maternity home in the French town of Elna to shelter exiled women living in harsh conditions in the refugee camps of Argelers, Sant Cebrià and Ribesaltes. Thanks to this refuge, 597 newborns survived and their mothers gave birth with dignity.
This Spanish edition translates the original Catalan «La Maternitat d'Elna»; the translation is by Carles Miró.
Of interest to readers of the history of the Republican exile and the postwar period, and to those seeking true stories of survival and humanity.
Spanish historian, writer and essayist
