Memory Train (El Tren De La Memoria)

Wednesday, Oct 08, 2008 7:00 PM EDT
at International House
in Philadelphia, PA

In the 1960s, Franco officially sanctioned the mass exodus of some two million Spaniards to work in European factories. When other countries were experiencing a boom, families went hungry in Spain . Poor, unskilled and largely illiterate, most thought they would stay abroad for a few months; many settled in these countries for the rest of their lives. As Europe deals with a new wave of immigration, this is a powerful reminder of dislocation, assimilation and resettlement that have a long history throughout the continent.