maternidad de Elna by Mario Escobar

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Author: Mario Escobar
Category: General Novel
ISBN: 9786075621456
File Size: 2.36 MB
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Synopsis

La Maternidad situada en el Château d’en Bardou, desempeñó un gran labor solidaria durante la II Guerra Mundial gracias al esfuerzo de la enfermera suiza Elisabeth Eidenbez y la colaboración del Service Civil International de Suiza.

Su primordial misión fue la de albergar y cuidar a mujeres embarazadas españolas, judías o gitanas, muchas de ellas con niños pequeños, que se encontraban internadas en los campos de concentración del sureste de Francia. Fundada en 1939, la maternidad se instaló en un palacete semiabandonado a las afueras de Elne. La Cruz Roja Internacional fue su principal suministradora de alimentos, medicinas y biberones. La maternidad tenía unas 50 camas y cada habitación estaba identificada con el nombre de una ciudad española, francesa o suiza.

La maternidad de Elna es una novela fascinante sobre la historia real acontecida en este recinto. Desde diciembre de 1939 en que nació el primer bebé, se produjeron una media de 20 partos mensuales atendidos por enfermeras voluntarias, enviadas por la escuela de enfermería suiza.Del total de nacimientos, cerca de 400 correspondieron a niños cuyas madres eran mujeres refugiadas de la Guerra Civil española que se encontraban internadas en campos de concentración del sureste de Francia. También hizo lo propio con 200 hijos de mujeres judías perseguidas por el nazismo, durante la  segunda Guerra Mundial. Fue cerrado por la Gestapo en1944, tras haber ayudado a nacer a 597 bebés.

Elna's Motherhood

The Maternity Hospital, located in the Château d'en Bardou, played a great role of solidarity during World War II thanks to the efforts of the Swiss nurse Elisabeth Eidenbez and the collaboration of the Swiss Service Civil International.

Its primary mission was to house and care for pregnant Spanish, Jewish and Gypsy women, many of them with small children, who were interned in concentration camps in southeastern France. Founded in 1939, the maternity home was set up in a semi-abandoned mansion on the outskirts of Elne. The International Red Cross was its main supplier of food, medicines and feeding bottles. The maternity had about 50 beds and each room was identified with the name of a Spanish, French or Swiss town.

Elna's Maternity Hospital is a fascinating novel about the true story that took place in this facility. Since December 1939, when the first baby was born, there were an average of 20 births per month, attended by volunteer nurses sent by the Swiss nursing school. Of the total number of births, nearly 400 were to children whose mothers were women refugees from the Spanish Civil War who were interned in concentration camps in southeastern France. It also had 200 children born to Jewish women persecuted by the Nazis during World War II. It was closed by the Gestapo in 1944, after having helped 597 babies to be born.

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