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75th anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War
(some mark the 18th as the beginning on mainland Spain, and 19th for Catalunya, but the military uprising began on 17th in Morocco led by Francisco Franco)
Echoes of the past
Picture on the left taken in May 2011, outside the Falange de las J.O.N.S. HQ (Spain's fascist party) Guadalajara. A member of the Foro por la Memoria holds the flag of the Second Republic.
Picture on the right by Gerda Taro, Brunete July 1937. Republican soldier paints the hammer and sickle beside the fascist yoke and arrows.
(some mark the 18th as the beginning on mainland Spain, and 19th for Catalunya, but the military uprising began on 17th in Morocco led by Francisco Franco)
Picture on the left taken in May 2011, outside the Falange de las J.O.N.S. HQ (Spain's fascist party) Guadalajara. A member of the Foro por la Memoria holds the flag of the Second Republic.
Picture on the right by Gerda Taro, Brunete July 1937. Republican soldier paints the hammer and sickle beside the fascist yoke and arrows.
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| Left: Christine Jones May 2011 Right: Gerda Taro July 1937 © ICP |