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Thousand got away to other countries thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.

Martha Gellhorn

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Martha Gellhorn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1908
Born: November 8
Died: 1998
Died: February 15
Journalist
Novelist
War Correspondent
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Martha Ellis Gellhorn
Away
Concentration
Spaniards
Country
Thousands
Tens
False
Returned
Countries
Spain
Kindness
Tempted
Died
Camps
Promise
Promises
Thousand
Neglect

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