Aquellas horas que nos robaron: El desafío de Gilberto Bosques

By Mónica Castellanos

Book Overview

?sta es la historia del gran Gilberto Bosques Sald?var, el diplom?tico mexicano que durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial salv? miles de vidas en Francia al otorgar visados mexicanos para que los refugiados pudieran hallar paz en una tierra nueva.

Son los d?as de Franco y de Hitler. Entre los miles de refugiados de la guerra civil espa?ola, Guillermina Giralt y Francesc Planchart, dos j?venes catalanes, vivir?n una de las m?s conmovedoras historias en su intento por sobrevivir al campo de internamiento franc?s de Argel?s-sur-Mer. Pero no ser?n los ?nicos. Miles de hombres, mujeres y ni?os, intelectuales, artistas, campesinos y obreros abandonar?n sus hogares, enfrentar?n condiciones de vida inhumanas y luchar?n por conservar lo m?s preciado que tienen: sus vidas.

En ese futuro incierto emerger? un hombre, el c?nsul mexicano Gilberto Bosques, que, arriesgando su vida y la de su familia, y pese a la detenci?n de la Gestapo, ir? m?s all? de sus funciones diplom?ticas para salvar a miles de personas de la m?s cruenta y desgarradora persecuci?n de la historia. En Aquellas horas que nos robaron, M?nica Castellanos recrea con maestr?a la historia de este h?roe. Recorre distintos momentos hist?ricos de M?xico y espolvorea la realidad europea de los a?os treinta y cuarenta, en pleno auge del fascismo y franquismo, para devolvernos la vida, la memoria y la esperanza de la bondad humana.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

This is the story of the great Gilberto Bosques Sald?var, the Mexican diplomat who saved thousands of lives in France during the Second World War, giving out Mexican visas so refugees could find peace in a new land.

These are the days of Franco and Hitler. Among the thousands of refugees from the Spanish Civil War, Guillermina Giralt and Francesc Planchart, two young Catalans, will live one of the most touching stories in their attempt to survive the French internment camp at Argel?s-sur-Mer. But they are not the only ones. Thousands of men, women, and children, intellectuals, artists, farmers, and workers will leave their homes behind, facing inhumane living conditions, and will fight to keep the most precious thing they have--their lives.

In this uncertain future, one man will emerge, Mexican Consul Gilberto Bosques, who, risking his own life and his family's, and despite being detained by the Gestapo, will surpass his diplomatic duties to save thousands of people in the cruelest, most heart-breaking persecution in history. In Those Hours They Stole from Us, M?nica Castellanos masterfully recreates this hero's story. At the height of Fascism and Francoism, she explores different moments in Mexican history and sprinkles the European reality of the thirties and forties to give us back our lives, our memories, and our hope in human kindness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 6073812019
• ISBN13: 9786073812016
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Debolsillo
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.9" x 7.4"