Tuesday, January 28th, 1939
To lower the pressure exerted by the thousands of refugees gathered at the border, the French Home Secretary, Albert Serraut, ordered: “Let the women and children pass, take care of the wounded and send the valid men back and shut the door behind them.” The date was Tuesday, January 28th. (In Los Españoles del Winnipeg, J Ferrer Mir, page 33) “