Name: Los Ninos de Rusia
Genre: Documentary, Historical
Released: 2002
Duration: 1 min 33 s

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Also Known As

Children of Russia, The, Ninos de Rusia

Genre

Documentary

Historical

Release Date

2002

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 33m

Synopsis

During the Spanish Civil War, children of Spanish Republican freedom fighters were evacuated to the Soviet Union. The two last Kindertransport ships leave Spain in June 1937. When they arrive in Leningrad, the children are provided with decent accommodations and looked after by Russian authorities. In these "casas de ninos", there is plenty to eat and the children are provided with schooling. After the outbreak of World War II and the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, all plans to send the children home are postponed; worse still, the children are sent by train to the Ural Mountains. Following the defeat of the Germans in Russia, the children are able to return to the "casas de ninos". It is not until 1956, once many of these children have reached adulthood and founded families of their own- some with Russian partners -that the governments of Spain and the Soviet Union finally come to an agreement which enables the "children from Spain" to return home at last.