Chemins de la Liberte - difficult routes over which those of La Retirada fled Franco's Spain and those escaping Natzi occupation fleeing to Spain.

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Many thousands fled to freedom over these hills, those fleeing Franco's fascists during La Retirada and a few short years later those fleeing Nazi persecution in France.

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Size: 5200px × 3461px
Location: Les Alberes, Pyrenees Orientales, France
Photo credit: © eileen wholihane shaw / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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