At the beginning of the 20th century, over 15,000 Valencians left their country for North America. Your goal: to earn enough money in a short time to lead a dignified life in Spain.
At the beginning of the 20th century, everyday life for the common people in the Region of Valencia was characterized by poverty and dependency, and people could hardly live on the meager wages for working in the fields. In America, on the other hand, many made big money – and word got around. Around 15,000 Valencians therefore left their homeland between 1906 and 1920 to seek their happiness across the Atlantic, as reported by costanachrichten.com. *
The Valencian journalist Juli Esteve got to the bottom of the stories behind these emigration wishes and published them in a thoroughly researched book. Whereby he not only came across astonishing numbers and facts, but also human anecdotes that show how strong the desire was to break out of the misery in Spain *. * costanachrichten.com is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
