Society
Survivors of Spanish Civil War remembered in documentary
‘Les nenes de la Guerra’ retells the childhood wartime experience of twelve elderly women through photos and interviews
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Society
Spain’s takeover of Catalonia casts uncertainty on exhumation of Civil War mass graves
Society
Remains of over 30 Civil War soldiers found in mass grave
Culture
The Battle of the Ebro remembered in reenactment 79 years later
Considered to be the longest and bloodiest battle in the Spanish Civil War, this is the fourth edition of the event
Society
Spanish Civil War combatants found dead in mass graves 80 years on
Society
A book to honor the work of the forgotten and to fight historical amnesia
The Catalan journalist Andreu Caralt presents the book “3,669 biberons” (3,669 baby bottles), that explains the story of the “Survivors of the Baby Bottle Regiment of ’41”, the youngest recruits in Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War
Society
‘Some students don’t even know who Franco was’ says 97-year-old Civil War veteran
Miquel Morera is one of the last remaining witnesses of a brutal conflict that left half a million dead and forced nearly as many to flee the country
Society
Barcelona pays tribute to its Olympics that never took place
Outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 made it impossible for 5,000 athletes to take part in People’s Games planned for the city
Culture
Gonzalo de Reparaz’ collection, back in Barcelona after being seized during Francoism
Sports
Catalonia and the UK share their common history under the fascist bombs
Politics
Spain’s ‘systematic’ failure to address historical memory denounced at EU-Parliament
On the 80th anniversary of the Guernica Bombing, Spain’s denial of historical justice or reparation of its civil war victims was the focus of a conference at the European Parliament. NGO’s, relatives of Spanish Civil War victims and the Francoist dictatorship, and MEPs called on the European Parliament to help promote “truth, justice, and reparation”. Roger Heredia, co-founder of the DNA bank for civil war victim identification in Catalonia said that “the Spanish State systematically violates human rights” and insisted on the necessity of raising awareness among the European MPs about how Spain ignores reports from both the Human Rights Council and the UN-Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
Culture
Art from Spanish Civil War on display at major exhibition in London
Politics
Organisations claim to open mass graves to identify 4,700 missing, 80 years after Spanish Civil War
Politics
Catalonia to commemorate 80th anniversary of Spanish Civil War
Politics, Culture