María García Torrecillas
María García Torrecillas (16 May 1916 – 3 February 2014) was a Spanish assistant nurse and mid-wife who assisted in the delivery of around 300 babies while in exile in Vichy France as a result of the Spanish Civil War. Part of a generation of young people from Almeria seeking better opportunities in Catalonia, García and her sister moved to Barcelona to join their older brother. Initially working in a yarn factory, the events of July 1936 led her to working for a Republican munitions factory and volunteering at a hospital run by International Red Aid.. The fall of Barcelona in January 1939 made García part of the first large wave of people to flee the city towards the French border. Once arriving at the Argelès-sur-Mer concentration camp in France, García found herself pregnant in a situation where it was very difficult to give birth. With the Swiss Aid Association running the Elna Ward, García was helped with her pregnancy by Swiss nurse Elisabeth Eidenbenz. Eid ...
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Albánchez
Albanchez is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Almería (province), Almería province, in Spain. Demographics References External links *Albanchez Information- Tourist information for the town of Albanchez *- Diputación Provincial de Almería Search Almeria
Information and business directory for Almeria in English & Spanish Municipalities in the Province of Almería {{Almería-geo-stub ...
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