by Assumpta Montellà i Carlos · ARA LLIBRES,SCCL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493967963
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«La Maternitat d'Elna» is the historical account by Assumpta Montellà i Carlos, published by Ara Llibres (Ara Mini) in paperback (192 pages, in Catalan).
Assumpta Montellà documents the work of Elisabeth Eidenbenz, a Swiss nurse who between 1939 and 1944 ran a maternity home in Elna for Republican exiles arriving from the camps of Sant Cebrià, Argelers and Ribesaltes. There, 597 children survived, sons and daughters of Catalan and Spanish women fleeing the postwar period; the account includes testimonies.
Foreword by Josep M. Solé i Sabaté. Originally published in 2005, this 2014 edition includes an introduction by the author and unpublished testimonies.
For readers interested in the Civil War, the Republican exile, humanitarian aid and historical memory from a female perspective.
Spanish historian, writer and essayist
