As the writer Joan Lluís Lluís has stated on social media, the fact that the Elna Maternity Hospital is under the control of the fascists of Reagrupament Nacional is repugnant. It is also painful, due to its powerful symbolic significance. For those unfamiliar with the case, the Elna Maternity Hospital was a healthcare institution founded in 1939 by the Swiss educator and philanthropist Elisabeth Eidenbenz (also known as the Swiss Maternity Hospital) in the town of Elna, in the Roussillon de Argelès region. Its purpose was to house and assist pregnant women forced into exile by the Spanish Civil War. It operated until 1944, when the Nazis closed it during the occupation of France, and its memory was not recovered until the early 2000s. At that time, the Elna City Council acquired the building to convert it into a memorial. To learn about its history, the books by historian Assumpta Montellà on Eidenbenz and the Elna Maternity Hospital are recommended, as well as the documentary – co-produced by TV3 – The Light of Elna, directed by Silvia Quer.