Discussion Topic: Spanish Civil War

DISCUSSION TOPIC: SPANISH CIVIL WAR

SPANISH CIVIL WAR IN THE NEWS

Tom Buchanan, "The Secret History Of Britain's Spanish Civil War Volunteers," Guardian, June 28, 2011.
"Spanish Civil War 'Drew 4,000 Britons' To Fight Fascism," BBC News, June 27, 2011.
Giles Tremlett, "Final Hours Of Spanish Poet Federico Garcia Lorca Revealed," Guardian, June 25, 2011.
Giles Tremlett, "Spanish Civil War Victims' Bodies Finally Removed From Mass Grave," Guardian, May 5, 2011.
Almudena Grandes, "Spain Is Different No More," El Pais, April 1, 2011.
Sarah Rainsford, "Digging Up Franco-Era Truths In Andalucia," BBC News, December 22, 2010.
"Plaque For Spanish Civil War Dead At Liverpool's Unite," BBC News, October 16, 2010.
"Argentinian Court Considers Spanish Civil War Inquiry," Guardian, April 14, 2010.
Raphael Minder, "Spain: Noted Judge Charged With Abuse Of Power," New York Times, April 8, 2010.
"Profile: Judge Baltasar Garzon," BBC News, April 7, 2010.
Sarah Rainsford, "Spain To Recognise Civil War Poet Miguel Hernandez," BBC News, February 19, 2010.
Giles Tremlett, "Spanish Quest To Identify Black Soldier Who Fought Against Fascism In Civil War," Guardian, December 20, 2009.
"Spanish Dig Fails To Find Grave Of Poet Lorca," BBC News, December 18, 2009.
Miguel-Anxo Murado, "Waking Spain's Dead," Guardian, October 31, 2009.
Steve Kingstone, "Dig For Spain Poet's Body Starts," BBC News, October 28, 2009.
"Spain's Civil War: George Orwell Was Shot During The Spanish Civil War, But Survived To Recount The Tale In His Homage To Catalonia," Guardian, September 5, 2009.
Steve Kingstone, "Spain Reins In Crusading Judges," BBC News, June 25, 2009.
Danny Wood, "Spanish Civil War Bodies Exhumed," BBC News, June 13, 2009.
Lucy Rodgers, "Tales Of The Last Survivors," BBC Newsmagazine, June 10, 2009.
"Man Honoured For Civil War Fight," BBC News, June 9, 2009.
Max Arthur, "'For US, Spain Wasn't And Adventure: It Was The Battle Against Fascism,'" Observer, April 26, 2009.
"Swiss Pardon Spain War Veterans," BBC News, March 12, 2009.
Victoria Burnett, "Families Search For Truth Of Spain's 'Lost Children,'" New York Times, February 28, 2009.
Giles Tremlett, "Inquiry Into Spain's Missing Children," Guardian, January 9, 2009.
Giles Tremlet, "Come Home, War's Grandchildren Are Told," Guardian, December 29, 2008.
Rachel Donadio, "Spain Offers Citizenship To Exiles' Kin," New York Times, December 28, 2008.
"Exiles Get Spain Passport Chance," BBC News, December 27, 2008.
Victoria Burnett, "Spanish Judge Drops Probe Into Franco Atrocities," New York Times, November 18, 2008.
"Court Halts Franco-Era Exhumation," BBC News, November 8, 2008.
"Passport Offer For Spanish Exiles," BBC News, November 1, 2008.
Giles Tremlett, "Exorcising Franco's Ghost," Guardian, October 25, 2008.
Richard Baxell, "For Whom The Bell Tolls," Guardian, October 24, 2008.
Steve Kingstone, "Franco Inquiry Polarises Spain," BBC News, October 20, 2008.
Giles Tremlett, "Franco Repression Ruled As A Crime Against Humanity," Guardian, October 17, 2008.
Dale Fuchs, "Judge Orders Investigation Of Executions In Franco Era," New York Times, October 16, 2008.
Giles Tremlett, "Spanish Judge Orders Poet Garcia Lorca's Grave To Be Opened," Guardian, October 16, 2008.
"Spanish Judge to Probe Franco Era," BBC News, October 16, 2008.
Giles Tremlett, "Spain Braced For Opening Of Civil War's Mass Graves," Observer, September 21, 2008.
"Lorca Family To Allow Exhumation," BBC News, September 19, 2008.
Graham Keeley, "A Painful Past Uncovered," Guardian, August 21, 2008.
Alfonso Daniels, "Meeting Spain's Last Anarchist," BBC News, July 8, 2008.
Victoria Burnett, "Spanish Civil War, This Time Fought In Pixels," New York Times, November 23, 2007.
"Your Stories: Spanish War Legacy," BBC News, October 29, 2007.
Victoria Burnett, "Bill In Spanish Parliament Aims To End 'Amnesia' About Civil War Victims," New York Times, October 28, 2007.
"Vatican Honours Spanish War Dead," BBC News, October 28, 2007.
Frances Kennedy, "Spanish Beatifications Raise Emotions," BBC News, October 28, 2007.
Linda Pressly, "Living With Spain's Divided Past," BBC News, May 28, 2007.
Lisa Abend, "Spain Cracks Open Dictatorial Past," Christian Science Monitor, April 26, 2007.
Edward Rothstein, "The Spanish Civil War: Black And White In A Murky, Ambiguous World," New York Times, March 24, 2007.
Eric Hobsbawm, "War Of Ideas," Guardian, February 17, 2007.
Elaine Sciolino, "When Reporters Chose Sides: Spain Looks Back At Its Civil War," New York Times, January 30, 2007.
"Spain Debates Franco Reparations," BBC News, December 14, 2006.
Judith Keene, "The Other Volunteers," BBC News, September 27, 2006.
Rafael Estefania, "Poet's Death Still Troubles Spain," BBC News, August 18, 2006.
Danny Wood, "Civil War Legacy Divides Spain," BBC News, July 18, 2006.
Mark Cocker, "Of Dance And Death," Guardian (March 25, 2006).
"Spanish Civil War Veterans Look Back," BBC News (March 17, 2006).
"Catalan Archives To Be Returned," BBC News (January 26, 2006).
Simon Evans, "UK Refuge For Basque War Children," BBC News (November 7, 2005).
Peter Beaumont, "Forgotten Warriors Return To Battles Sites," Observer (May 1, 2005).
"Spain Compensates 'War Children,'" BBC News (January 22, 2005).
Renwick McLean, "Conflict Over Madrid's Last Remaining Statue Of Franco Never Dies," New York Times, November 27, 2004.
"Welsh Survivor Attends Ceremony," BBC News (October 17, 2004)
"Parade Exposes Spain's Deep Rifts," BBC News (October 13, 2004).
David Ward, "Drawings Of Spanish Civil War Exhumations On Display," Guardian (August 27, 2004).
"Spanish Civil War Veterans Meet Again," BBC News (July 20, 2004).
Renwick McLean, "Rally To Demand Unearthing Of Mass Graves Of Franco Era," New York Times, June 25, 2004.
"Spanish Civil War's Last Survivor," BBC News (May 3, 2004).
"Basques Mourn Symbolic Oak Tree," BBC News (April 22, 2004).
Antonio Feros, "Civil War Still Haunts Spanish Politics," New York Times, March 20, 2004.
Katya Adler, "Spanish Fight Over Poet's Remains," BBC News (March 4, 2004).
Giles Tremlett, "Ghosts Of the Civil War Return To Haunt Spanish Election Campaign," Guardian International (February 4, 2004).

Giles Tremlett, "Spain Torn On Tribute To Victims Of Franco," Guardian Unlimited (December 1, 2003).
Emma Daly, "Defenders Of Spain's Masterpieces; A Prado Show Honors Civil War Rescue Effort," New York Times, July 17, 2003.
"Pope Creates New Spanish Saints," BBC News (May 4, 2003).
"Papers Reflect Pope Visit Tensions," BBC News (May 4, 2003).
"Jail Cells 'Made From Modern Art,'" BBC News (March 28, 2003).

Giles Tremlett, "Spain's Civil War Comes Back To Life," Guardian Unlimited (March 8, 2003).
"Spanish Civil War Fighters Look Back," BBC News (February 28, 2003).

Sara B. Miller, "Spain Begins To Confront Its Past," Christian Science Monitor (February 6, 2003).

Giles Tremlett, "Don't Mention the Civil War," Guardian International (February 3, 2003).
Elaine Sciolino and Emma Daly, "Spaniards At Last Confront The Ghost Of Franco," New York Times, November 11, 2002.
Giles Tremlett, "'Marxists Are Retards,'" Guardian (November 1, 2002).
"Spain Digs Up Civil War Graves," BBC News (July 18, 2002).
Piers Brendon, "Love And Death On The Front Line," Guardian (June 1, 2002).
Maitland Zane, "Brigadistas Remember The Spanish Civil War," San Francisco Chronicle, July 13, 2001.
"Anti-Franco Veterans Win Recognition," BBC News (May 18, 2001).
"Pontiff Honours Spanish War Dead," BBC News (March 11, 2001).
"King Juan Carlos: Life After Franco," BBC News (November 20, 2000).
"Madrid Arrests At Franco Rallies," BBC News (November 19, 2000).
"A Far Cry From Franco," BBC News (November 18, 2000).
David Archibald, "The War That Won't Die," Guardian Unlimited (July 28, 2000).
"Facing The Realities Of the Spanish Civil War," Guardian (July 20, 2000).
"Chirac Visits Spain," BBC News (October 3, 1999).
Philip French, "Idealism And Illusion," Observer (October 8, 1995).
Philip French, "For Whom The Bell Continues To Toll," Observer, October 1, 1995.

FRANCO IN THE NEWS

Sarah Rainsford, "Fate Of Franco's Valley Of Fallen Reopens Spain Wounds," BBC News, July 18, 2011.
Raphael Minder, "Spain Confronts Decades Of Pain Over Lost Babies," New York Times, July 6, 2011.
Raphael Minder, "Spain Examines Future Of Fascist Monument, And Franco's Remains," New York Times, June 21, 2011.
Sarah Rainsford, "Spain Investigates Tragedy Of 'Stolen' Newborn Babies," BBC News, March 30, 2011.
Jonathan Freedland, "Spain And The Lingering Legacy Of Franco," Guardian, March 28, 2011.
Sarah Rainsford, "Spanish Call To Probe Franco-Era 'Baby Thefts,'" BBC News, January 27, 2011.
Giles Tremlett, "Argentinian Judge Petitions Spain To Try Civil War Crimes Of Franco," Guardian, October 26, 2010.
"Argentine Court Reopens Franco Probe," BBC News, September 4, 2010.
"Spain Rallies Behind Franco Judge," BBC News, April 24, 2010.
Giles Tremlett, "Franco's Face And Name Erased From Public View In Spain," Guardian, October 6, 2009.
"Spanish Judge Faces Supreme Court," BBC News, September 9, 2009.
Giles Tremlett, "Inquiry Into Spain's Missing Children," Guardian, January 9, 2009.
Giles Tremlett, "Spain Removes Last Franco Statue From Madrid," Guardian, December 18, 2008.
Graham Keeley, "Spain: Anger Over Republicans Buried In Franco's Tomb," Guardian, July 7, 2008.
Michael Kimmelman, "In Spain, A Monumental Silence," New York Times, January 13, 2008.
"Monuments To Franco," New York Times, January 13, 2008.
David Cesarani, "Forgetting Franco: Why, Over 30 Years After The Death Of General Franco, Is The Government Removing All Traces Of Spain's Fascist Past?," Guardian, November 22, 2007.
Renwick McLean, "Spain's Dilemma: To Toast Franco Or Banish His Ghost?," New York Times, October 8, 2006.
"Spanish Mass Marks Franco Death," BBC News, November 20, 2005.
"Spain Removes Two Fascist Statues," BBC News, March 23, 2005.
"Madrid Removes Last Franco Statue," BBC News, March 17, 2005.
Katya Adler, "Franco's Ghost Still Haunts Spain," BBC News (October 21, 2003).
"Adverts Franco Pun Causes Upset," BBC News (July 21, 2003).
Giles Tremlett, "Children Stolen By Franco Finally Learn the Truth," Guardian International (October 29, 2002).
Giles Tremlett, "Spanish Government Funds Group That Exalts Franco," Guardian International (September 21, 2002).
Giles Tremlett, "Bringing Franco's Crimes To Light," Guardian Unlimited (July 17, 2002).
Adela Gooch, "Myth Of Franco Takes Pounding," Guardian (April 10, 2000).
"Spanish Parliament Condemns Franco Coup," BBC News (September 19, 1999).
"Explosion At Franco's Tomb," BBC News (April 7, 1999).

ARTICLES

Angela Cenarro, "Memories Of Repression And Resistance: Narratives Of Children Institutionalized By Auxilio Social In Postwar Spain," History And Memory, 20 (Fall/Winter 2008): 39-59.
Angela Cenarro, "Francoist Nostalgia And Memories Of The Spanish Civil War," International Journal Of Iberian Studies, 21 (2008): 203-217.
Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez, "Revisiting The Legacy Of The Spanish Civil War," International Journal Of Iberian Studies, 21 (2008): 231-46.
Julian Casanova, "History And Memory: A New Social Dimension," International Journal Of Iberian Studies, 21 (2008): 187-202.
Michael Richards, "Between Memory And History: Social Relationships And Ways Of Remembering The Spanish Civil War," International Journal Of Iberian Studies, 19 (2006): 85-94.
Helen Graham, "The Spanish Civil War, 1936-2003: The Return Of Republican Memory," Science And Society, 68 (Fall 2004): 313-28.
Helen Graham, "Coming To Terms With The Past: Spain's Memory Wars," History Today, 54 (May 2004): 29-31.
Tony Hendra, "Old Soldiers," Harper's Magazine, 295 (July 1997).

AUDIO SOURCES

"Franco Out Of Spain," Talk Of The Nation, December 14, 2006.
"Spain Civil War Volunteers Revisit Battlegrounds," All Things Considered, October 8, 2006.
"Spain Debates Future Of Franco's Tomb," Weekend Edition Sunday, May 29, 2005.
"Pope Canonizes Five New Spanish Saints," Weekend Edition Sunday, May 4, 2003.
"Spain Confronts Its Past," Crossing Continents, BBC, April 11, 2003.
"The Spanish Civil War," In Our Time, BBC, April 3, 2003.
"Franco's Legacy," All Things Considered, January 2, 2003.
"Unmarked Spanish Graves Tell Tale Of Franco Regime," Morning Edition, October 31, 2002.
"The Spanish Civil War," Talk Of The Nation, August 1, 1996.

VIDEO SOURCES

"Francisco Franco Memorial Opens Fresh Wounds In Spain," BBC News, July 18, 2011.

WEB-SITES

They Still Draw Pictures: A collection of over six hundred drawings made during the Spanish Civil War by Spanish children, both in Spain in in French refugee camps. An exhibit from Mandeville Special Collections at the University of California-San Diego.