Editing Federica Montseny (section)

== Exile ==
In February 1939, Montseny and her family were forced to [[Spanish Republican exiles|flee into exile]] by the [[Catalonia Offensive|nationalist offensive]] into [[Revolutionary Catalonia|Catalonia]].{{Sfnm|1a1=Davies|1y=1998|1p=141|2a1=Fredericks|2y=1976|2p=77}} Her mother died in [[Perpignan]], while her father was imprisoned and her husband was held in an [[Internment camps in France#Spanish Civil War|internment camp]].{{Sfn|Davies|1998|p=141}} She later wrote in her book ''Pasión y Muerte de los Españoles refugiados en Francia'', that the regulations in place in organisations such as the Worker’s Companies were designed to defeat the spirit of the Republican exiles and create a battalion of obedient slaves.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Montseny |first=Federica |title=Pasión y Muerte de los Españoles refugiados en Francia |publisher=Espoir |year=1969 |location=Toulouse |pages=83–84}}</ref> Montseny initially relocated to [[Paris]], where she helped in the relocation of Spanish refugees, in spite of her own struggle to make ends meet.{{Sfn|Fredericks|1976|p=77}} 

During the [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|Nazi occupation of France]], Montseny fled into hiding in [[Occitania]], where she was detained by the authorities of the [[Vichy France|French State]]. Although the French authorities had orders to extradite her to [[Francoist Spain|Spain]], they eventually released Montseny, as she was pregnant with her youngest child.{{Sfnm|1a1=Davies|1y=1998|1p=141|2a1=Fredericks|2y=1976|2pp=77-78}}

[[File:MITING CNT MONTJUÏC.jpg|thumb|right|Federica Montseny speaks at the historical meeting of the [[w:Confederación Nacional del Trabajo|CNT]] in Barcelona on 1977, the first one after 36 years of [[w:Francoist Spain|the Francoist State]].]]
In 1942, Montseny and her family attempted to relocate to [[Mexico]], but their route was blocked by the [[North African campaign|war in North Africa]], while both the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] and [[Axis Powers|Axis]] prevented any further emigration of Spanish refugees from France, forcing them to stay in [[Toulouse]].{{Sfn|Fredericks|1976|p=78}} Following the [[liberation of France]], Montseny took part in the reorganization of the [[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo]] in exile and edited the organization's weekly newspaper.{{Sfn|Davies|1998|p=141}} From Toulouse, she also wrote a weekly column in the [[French language]] anarchist newspaper ''Espoir'' and edited the journal ''[[Cénit]]''.{{Sfn|Fredericks|1976|p=78}} She briefly returned to Spain during the [[Spanish transition to democracy|transition to democracy]], during which her works were finally being republished. Following the death of her youngest daughter in 1977 and her husband in 1981, Montseny penned an autobiography, which was published in 1987.{{Sfn|Davies|1998|p=141}}

Frederica Montseny i Mañé died in Toulouse on 14 January 1994, at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Federica Montseny, Spanish Minister, 88 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1994-01-24 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/24/obituaries/federica-montseny-spanish-minister-88.html |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 }}</ref>