Memorial Basque Refugees

Text on the plaque, on the Southampton Library and Art Gallery:
To commemorate the arrival aboard the 'Habana' of 4000 refugee children from the Basque region of Spain in May 1937 following destruction of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War and to thank the people of Southampton and Britain who volunteered to care for them.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Graham Tiller