| SPANIARDS! |
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| In November 1941, |
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| I was just another Spanish refugee
in the Soviet Union. |
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| The Germans had been invading
relentlessly since June. |
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| Although autumn and the first snows |
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| had stabilized the fronts |
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| the most important cities
in Central and Western Russia |
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| had either been evacuated, occupied |
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| or were under siege. |
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| Among the millions who
had abandoned their cities |
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| were 3,OOO Spanish children |
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| who had arrived
during the Spanish Civil War |
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| between 1937 and 38. |
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| After a few good years |
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| they were now trapped in a war even
worse than the one they had left behind |
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| Trains filled with refugees |
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| waited for weeks in railways sidings |
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| to leave the main tracks open |
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| for convoys |
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| of fresh Siberian troops |
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| to stop the German attack. |
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