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At Spain's foremost shrine.
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AT SPAIN'S FOREMOST SHRINE
MADRID -- STUDENTS AND FACULTY MEMBERS FORCED
TO FLEE FROM UNIVERSITIES BEHIND THE SOVIET IRON
CURTAIN ARE SHOWN ON A PILGRIMAGE TO THE SHRINE
OF ST. JAMES THE GREATER AT COMPOSTELA, SPAIN.
BROUGHT TO SPAIN BY OBRA CATOLICA DE ASISTENCIA
UNIVERSITARIA, CATHOLIC ACTION ORGANIZATION
ESTABLISHED TO AID REFUGEES FROM UNIVERSITIES IN
RUSSIAN-DOMINATED COUNTRIES, THE PILGRIMS
REPRESENTED CROATIA, SLOVENIA, THE UKRAINE, THE
GEORGIA REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, POLAND, AND ROMANIA.
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