Camdridge-Norfolk, England. The exhibit "Havens East" presents the forgotten stories of Basque children of war that sought refuge in Cambridge and Norfolk, England during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). It has seven main parts – “Home,” “The Crisis,” “The Journey,” “Cambridge,” “Norfolk,” “Who was No. 162?” and “Havens East,” each providing an English vision of this historical passage with a chronogram of what happened and many images and videos.
Fifty Basque children arrived in Norfolk in August of 1937, at the camps at Oakley Park and Rollesby, and another 29 in Cambridge. After the war, some of them stayed, making this area of East Anglia and England their new home. The exhibit that is available to visit from June 12th through Refugees Week 2020, has been coordinated by Dr. Jeannette Baxter at the University of Anglia Ruskin, and sponsored by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Remember that International Refugee Day is June 20th.
- Exhibit Havens East
- Article presenting the exhibit, here
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