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Old 05-26-2019, 05:27 PM
 
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Neus Català, Dogged Anti-Fascist and Camp Survivor, Dies at 103

In early 1939, when General Francisco Franco’s troops invaded Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War, Neus Català led 182 orphans in her charge out of the mayhem and across the snow-covered Pyrenees to safety in France...

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/o...tala-dead.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...atala-obituary

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.5b2ff852c34f
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