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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 9: Stalin's Niños with Dr. Karl Qualls

History of the Second World War

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The Shift as the War Gets to Its End Point

Franco calls them the stolen children, which isn't correct. The parents were making this decision because they feared for their life. They're living just tens or a few hundred miles away from Gernica. So yeah, Franco definitely wants them to return both the Soviet government and the Spanish Communist Party leaders say that is simply not in their best interest.

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