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La Quinta del Biberon is the name given to the group of very young mans (between 15 and 17 years old), who were recruited during the Civil War in mid-1938.

This recruitment took place by order of President of the Second Spanish Republic, Manuel Azaña in late April that year, when the war was almost lost by republicans.

       
 
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Production Year: 2010
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Most of them were born in 1920 and were not even 18 years of age.

In all, around 30,000 young people were called up to draft. At first, they only had a helping role in certain tasks, but on July 25th 1938 they participated in the Republican offensive of the battle of the Ebro, they were still only children.

They joined the Ebro Army (Army Corps V and XV) and participated in the Battle of the Ebro ... but almost all were killed.
After the war their fate was very diverse. Some went into exile in France, others ended in Franco's prisons and concentration camps.