Interactive map of IB monuments across Spain
I.B. Memorial Map The Asociación de Amigos de las Brigadas Internacionales (AABI) has produced an interactive map of the tribute memorials to the International Brigades across Spain. The project in an...
View ArticleGert Hoffmann, International Brigade veteran (1920 – 2014)
Gert Hoffmann (1920 – 2014), veteran of the International Brigade On July 9, one month after his 97th birthday, Gert Hoffmann, passed on peacefully and safely at home in Austria. Gert joined the...
View ArticleHans Landauer, 1921 – 2014
Hans Landauer (1921 – 2014) was the last surviving member of the Austrian Combatants in Republican Spain “I do not regret at all having been in Spain at the time, I would not have missed it for the...
View ArticleThe Heritage of the Republic
Llegada a Veracruz de un grupo de pasajeros del ‘Sinaia’ tras la Guerra Civil. Reproducida del libro ‘Sinaia’. In one of the most moving episodes in the history of international diplomacy, between 1939...
View ArticleSeegerFest: Remembering Pete and Toshi
SeegerFest Memorial Concert A musical memorial was held in Poughkeepsie on Friday, July 18 for Toshi and Pete Seeger. The free concert was part, SeegerFest, a free, five day festival celebrating the...
View ArticleMoral Compass Guides Tourists
Parador de León, Hostel San Marcos, 16th century convent, political prison during the Spanish Civil War, and now a luxury hotel. Wilfried Stuckmann and his wife were visiting Spain from Germany when...
View ArticleUN Demands Spain Move Toward Recovery and Reconciliation
A protester holds a placard depicting victims of Francoism during a protest in September 2013. Photo: Gerard Julien/AFP A United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances released...
View ArticleRediscovering Gerda Taro
Spanish civil war (1936-1939) Noia al centre de Refugiats de Trànsit de Barcelona, 15 de gener del 1939. Gerda Taro The legacy of the courageous, young war photographer, Gerda Taro, was once buried in...
View ArticleFighters and Friends of the Spanish Republic
Joseph Almudéver Victor Grossman, of the German organization “Fighters and Friends of the Spanish Republic” sent a brief overview of their annual Spain Conference in Berlin to share with the ALBA...
View ArticleRestoration of War Trenches to Educate Public
All eight of the trenches were used during the war just before Malaga fell. One of the trenches is located close to the town’s picnic area and the others are located in and around the castle. The...
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