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1936-1939, civil war

The Spanish holocaust

inquisition and extermination in twentieth-century Spain
2012
Examines what author Paul Preston terms "the Spanish Holocaust", charting twentieth-century Spain under General Franco in which hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women, and children were systematically wiped out.

War is beautiful

an American ambulance driver in the Spanish Civil War
2008
An American who traveled to Spain in 1937 to become an ambulance driver during the Spanish Civil War chronicles his experiences, and describes rescuing the wounded and dead from the battlefields.

The Spanish Civil War

a very short introduction
2005
Offers a concise overview of the Spanish Civil War, discussing the domestic and international context of the war, its political and cultural origins, its aftermath, and other related topics.

Spain's cause was mine

a memoir of an American medic in the Spanish Civil War
1997
Hank Rubin discusses the experiences he had while serving as a medic in the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War.

The fifth column and four stories of the Spanish Civil War

1998
Contains a play and four short stories in which Hemingway explores the effects of the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s on soldiers, civilians, and journalists.

Picasso's war

the destruction of Guernica, and the masterpiece that changed the world
2002
Explores how the invasion and destruction of the small Spanish town of Guernica on April 16, 1937 inspired Pablo Picasso's creation of his painting "Guernica", which became what is widely considered to be the greatest artwork of the twentieth century.

Fists of steel

1988
Chronicles the industrial mobilization of Germany and the rebirth of militarism.

Toro! toro!

2002
A young boy in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, distressed to realize that Paco, the bull he has raised since its birth, is going to die in the bullring, decides to give Paco his freedom and follows the animal into the hills just in time to see his family die in a bombing raid on his farm and village.

The wedding in Auschwitz

an incident
2009
Rudi Friemel, a soldier with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, is captured and eventually sent to Auschwitz where he petitions and is granted permission to marry his sweetheart Marga, the mother of his child.

Guernica

the biography of a twentieth-century icon
2004
Traces the cultural history of Pablo Picasso's painting "Guernica", describing the painting's creation during the Spanish Civil War, its use as a weapon in the propaganda battle against Fascism, travels overseas, artistic influence, and symbolism.

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