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: Neruda, appointed as a special consul for Spanish immigration by the Chilean government, chartered the ship to provide a new home for the exiles.

Organized by the Nobel Prize-winning poet , the voyage of the Winnipeg is a landmark event in humanitarian history. 00005.jpg

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: After the fall of the Spanish Republic, hundreds of thousands of refugees fled to France, where they were held in internment camps. on September 3

: The ship arrived in Valparaíso, Chile, on September 3, 1939, just as World War II began in Europe. Alternative Contexts