Tag: civil war
Spain under pressure to arrest 20 alleged Franco-era war criminals
The ex-officials include two former Cabinet ministers
Spanish Civil War symposium to take place in Gibraltar
The February 2015 symposium will explore the war's effect on the Rock
Andalucia to look for missing victims of Franco
Local government to step up search for estimated 60,000 missing bodies in southern Spain
Civil war recipes published in modern format
Civil war recipes published following discovery at renovated finca
Mass grave excavated in Ronda
3,000 could lie in new communal grave as Junta announces that it is to set up a series of Civil War ‘memorial routes’ around Malaga
Garzon backs Franco victims in the search for truth
Over 40 groups have joined forces with backing from former High Court judge, Baltazar Garzon, to create the Platform for a Truth Commission
Paul Preston releases new book on Santiago Carillo
British author hits out at former Spanish Communist Party leader
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Leading Hispanist criticises new book on Spanish Civil War
Paul Preston described David Haycock's book as 'totally wrong'
Spanish Civil war influences British writer
The Sentinel by Mark Oldfield looks at some of the darkest aspects of Franco's dictatorship
Republican’s name removed from Velez Malaga street
Avenida de Dolores Ibarruri will be renamed following requests from locals
Mass grave unearthed in Teba
Work is underway to excavate what could be Spain’s second largest civil war mass grave
With the Reds in Andalucia
Vivid account of Irishman Joe Monks’ time serving with the International Brigades during Spanish Civil War has been translated into Spanish
A siege mentality
‘Gibraltar, dear friends, Gibraltar. We should have taken Gibraltar,’ were allegedly some of Hitler’s last words
Garzon cleared of Franco deaths probe
The judge was handed an 11-year ban three weeks ago for illegal phone tapping
Francisco Ayala (1906-2009)
A Spanish writer belonging to the Generation of 27, a literary movement composed of writers, diverse artists and filmmakers
Spanish Civil War communal graves located
Junta releases map of the 50,000 victims still awaiting a decent burial from Civil War
My naked angel
It is 70 years since seminal novel Darkness at Noon – inspired by the Spanish Civil War - was first published. Matthew Pritchard recounts how erotic photographs of a naked lady may have prevented the execution of its author Arthur Koestler by fascist troops
Obama’s man
Remarkable story behind the photo of this unknown Afro-American, who fought against Franco, in advance of US president’s visit
Red bishops honoured
Bishops are fighting to ensure the memory of priests executed during the Civil War are not forgottten
Massacre remembered
During the early days of the Spanish Civil War, a large group of women and children were rounded up and shot in a chapel near Jimena de la Frontera.
Remembering Franco
Writing exclusively for the Olive Press, Franco biographer Paul Preston claims the legacy of the dictator’s rule has come to nothing as Spain embraces democracy.
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