Extracts translated from Eduardo de Guzmán, La muerte de la esperanza (Madrid: G. del Toro, 1973), pp. 387-394. The CNT activist and journalist relates his tragic experiences at the harbour of Alicante, the last Republican-held port, at the end of the civil war. After the fall of Madrid, thousands of refugees fleeing the Francoist armies had arrived at the city in the hope of escaping by boat. Although the heroic Archibald Dickson, captain of the
1 April 1939 - Eduardo de Guzmán
1 April 1939 - Eduardo de Guzmán
1 April 1939 - Eduardo de Guzmán
Extracts translated from Eduardo de Guzmán, La muerte de la esperanza (Madrid: G. del Toro, 1973), pp. 387-394. The CNT activist and journalist relates his tragic experiences at the harbour of Alicante, the last Republican-held port, at the end of the civil war. After the fall of Madrid, thousands of refugees fleeing the Francoist armies had arrived at the city in the hope of escaping by boat. Although the heroic Archibald Dickson, captain of the