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Spanish Civil War Refugee

Spanish Civil War Refugee
Near the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939, thousands of people fled Spain to avoid persecution for having supported the losing side. Most, like this woman, crossed the Pyrenees mountains into France.
Mike Corrado Collection/Hulton Deutsch/Corbis
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