Figure 1.--These are some of the Basque refugee children cared fior in Mexico (June 1937). The caption read only Los niņos llegar al la Escuela 'Hijos del Ejercito N°2, donde [agesajeson]." The last word is difficult to read. This means that the children arrive at the School Children of the Army where they were enrolled. This seems to be a special school for the army families. We are not sure if it was a regular school or aoarding school. The suitcases suggest itvmay be a boarding school. Notice the confetti on the police. The boys seem to be waring uniforms.

We do not have much information on the Baaque refugeee children taken in by Mexico. The Mexican Revolution (1910-20) had a left-wing ethic. We can see this in ome of the policies of the Partido Revoluciario Institucional (PRI) which gioverned Mexicio after the War. It can be seen in the work of the great Mexican muralists like Diego Rivera. Thus Mexico was a logical location to care for some of the Basque refugee children. after the War. We do note that the British Committee for Refugees from Spain helped refugees to emigrate to Latin America. One such effort was co-chartering the S.S. Sinaia to transport 1,800 refugees Spanish refufgees from camps in France to Mexico. Most Latin American governments did not want refugees with Communist leanings, even children. We are not sure about the actual number of the refugee children in Mexico. Some sources suggest numbers closer to 500 children. [Zafra, et al., p. 35.] We have very little information about their care in Mexico and to what extent Mexican charities are left-wing political griuos supported the children. Nor do we know what happened to the children after the War.

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