Abstract:
At the end of the Spanish civil war, tens of thousands of Republican refugees fled to
Algeria. Many of them ended up in internment camps, where they were mistreated, vilified and
locked up by the French authorities. Based on Ricardo Baldó's “Exiliados españoles en el
Sahara 1939-1943 (Un punto negro en la historia)ˮ, this article aims to offer a critical
reflection on some key stages of the Republican exodus to Algeria, as well as to describe the
experience of the exiles on Algerian soil. Baldó's work offers remarkable descriptions and
indications about life, trade, traditions, religion, climate and landscape, especially those of
Bogharí. The aim is to highlight them by detecting the Spanish author's vision of all these
