Chapter
The Lost Children of Francoism
29:02 - 34:13 (05:10)
A story on the decades-long struggle of the Spaniards to discover the whereabouts of the loved ones who were snatched from them by hospitals and religious institutions under the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.
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The Spanish Stolen Babies Scandal was a period in Spanish history (beginning approximately in the 1930s until the 1990s) in which an unknown number of children were taken from their mothers at birth, told that they had died, and then adopted by politically supportive families.
29:02 - 31:00 (01:58)
Spanish Stolen Babies Scandal
Summary
The Spanish Stolen Babies Scandal was a period in Spanish history (beginning approximately in the 1930s until the 1990s) in which an unknown number of children were taken from their mothers at birth, told that they had died, and then adopted by politically supportive families.
ChapterThe Lost Children of Francoism
EpisodeThe Sunday Read: ‘Taken Under Fascism, Spain’s “Stolen Babies” Are Learning the Truth’
PodcastThe Daily
Bintalo López discovered she had been adopted and began a search for her biological mother in Spain, which led to finding a place of birth and first name through hospital records.
31:00 - 34:13 (03:12)
Adoption
Summary
Bintalo López discovered she had been adopted and began a search for her biological mother in Spain, which led to finding a place of birth and first name through hospital records.