What's Next? Guillermo del Toro Sep 10, 2009
"3993 is a movie that, if I do it, would close the trilogy of Spanish Civil War movies [the others being The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth," del Toro told us in 2006, "because it's about a character in 1993 who believes that civil war is a thing of the past. And something from 1939 comes to life and proves that it's not ; that it's pretty much alive.". An adaptation of the classic, fantastical story by renowned horror author H.P. Lovecraft. (IGN FilmForce)
Top Article: Out Of Touch Aug 25, 2009
There is, after all, no percentage to paraphrase a self-deprecating republican song from the Spanish Civil War in the other side winning all the battles while the chosen ones had the best songs. In evolving a strategy of recovery, the BJP has been hamstrung by a series of pre-conceived notions. (India Times, India)
The U.S. 4th Infantry Division Aug 24, 2009
"I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic, and the 4th Infantry Division,' wrote Hemingway, who was also a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War. It was in Paris that Hemingway met J.D. Salinger, who would become a celebrated author himself. Salinger saw combat as a member of the 12th Regiment and also worked in military intelligence. Hell in the Huertgen The division resumed its drive, battling into Belgium, and then into southwest Germany, where it became... (Suite101.com)
MacMillan’s ‘Dangerous Games’ traces revisionist histories Aug 16, 2009
Late in 2007, for example, after historians, writers, and filmmakers had begun to explore the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, the government in Madrid enacted a Law of Historical Memory that has led to the Franco regime being formally repudiated and removed from public commemoration. These kinds of kaleidoscopic shifts provide us with a variegated pattern of vignettes in Margaret MacMillan s Dangerous Games. (Boston Globe)
Palermo Viejo owner to speak Aug 5, 2009
His father, who was born in Spain, moved his family to Argentina during the Spanish Civil War. The meeting is part of the World Affairs Council s Global Nights program, which unites Louisvillians interested in world travel and international diplomacy. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Country profile: Spain Jul 29, 2009
Spain's modern history is marked by the bitterly fought Spanish Civil War of 1936-39, and the ensuing 36-year dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. Overview. (BBC News -- Europe)
What Spain Sees in Robert Capa's Civil War Photo Jul 26, 2009
"If your pictures aren't good enough," Robert Capa once remarked, "then you're not close enough." For more than 35 years, Capa's 1936 photograph "Death of a Militiaman" arguably the most enduring image of the Spanish Civil War commanded worldwide acclaim and helped establish Capa as the archetypal modern war photographer ... With the arrival of the exhibition "This is War! Robert Capa at Work" currently on display in Barcelona's Museu d'Art de Catalunya, Alos notes that local experts were able... (Time.com)
Researchers: Capa Civil War photo likely staged Jul 24, 2009
The Robert Capa photograph of the falling Spanish Civil War militiaman that became one of the most famous and enduring images of conflict in the 20th century was probably staged, according to Spanish researchers who have studied events surrounding the picture ... MADRID - Robert Capa's photograph of a falling Spanish Civil War militiaman became one of the most famous and enduring images of conflict in the 20th century. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Secret heroes Jul 21, 2009
The Poles were already deciphering Enigma messages in 1933, Mrs Maresch explained, whereas the British did not seriously turn their attention to Enigma until the Spanish Civil War in 1936, when the Axis powers' aggression started threatening British interests in the Mediterranean. Polish expertise. (BBC News -- Europe)
* HK global charity changes tack Jul 19, 2009
Plan was founded 70 years ago during the Spanish Civil War to help children, often through a sponsorship program linking the poor with specific donors. It now operates in more than 49 developing countries, providing education, healthcare and micro-finance for vulnerable communities. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Today in History Jul 17, 2009
In 1936, the Spanish Civil War began as right-wing army generals launched a coup attempt against the Second Spanish Republic. In 1944, during World War II, 320 men, two-thirds of them African-Americans, were killed when a pair of ammunition ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California. (Yahoo News)
Spanish War ace honored Jul 16, 2009
Published: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 2:57 PM CDT In a ceremony last Saturday, the City of DeWitt honored Frank Tinker, thought of by many around the world as the greatest American mercenary of the Spanish Civil War. Family and admirers from California made the trip to take part in the ceremony held at the DeWitt Cemetery, while admirers from around the world sent gifts and proud words of the late Arkansas pilot. (DeWitt Era-Enterprise, AR)
Adrian de Suiza's life and ties to West Palm Beach Jul 12, 2009
The Count never intended any of this: Upheaval during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s, and again when Hitler invaded France. A career as a soldier, a diplomat, a spy. (The Palm Beach Post)
Count, author, diplomat, spy, dead at 84 Jul 12, 2009
Count de Suiza was raised in France, where the family fled to escape the Spanish Civil War. In 1940, when he was barely 16, he joined the British army. (The Palm Beach Post)
DeWitts own Spanish War Ace honored Jul 9, 2009
Though the American government was in the middle of a non-interference policy with the Spanish Civil War, Tinker signed up to fight with the Spanish Republican Air Forces and was renamed Francisco Gomez Trejo. Under this surname and, at times, under both Spanish and Russian commanders, Tinker shot down eight enemy planes, records show. (DeWitt Era-Enterprise, AR)
RI war vet, 93, honored with Spanish citizenship Jul 9, 2009
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - In 1937, John Hovan volunteered to travel to Spain and fight on the side of democracy against Gen. Franciso Franco's fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War ... The honor is made possible by a 2008 law that allows foreign volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War - a group made famous by Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" - to receive Spanish citizenship a 00001FAC nd retain dual status. (Anchorage Daily News)
The Reign of Terror in the French R... Jul 3, 2009
Similar patterns would be seen in the 20th Century after the 1917 Russian Revolution as well as the Spanish Civil War. In Nazi Germany, Hitler also employed similar tactics to consolidate power. (Suite101.com)
* Moroccan veterans of Spanish civil war spark controversy Jun 30, 2009
Moroccan veterans of Spanish civil war spark controversy. DPA , RABAT AND MADRID Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009, Page 6. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Newsweek: Should we watch video of Neda dying? Jun 25, 2009
Agha-Soltan has become the face of the still-unfolding protests in Iran, just as the Spanish soldier has become the face of the Spanish Civil War, and the Vietnamese girl has become the face of the Vietnam War. But does that mean it's important for us to watch the video of her death. (MSNBC -- International)
'Vida y Drama' works retain their feel of mass impact Jun 5, 2009
Given the contagiousness of political psychosis in those years, this is hardly surprising, and it's certainly fascinating to see the Mexican artists respond to events beyond their shores: the Spanish Civil War, the Holocaust, the allied defeat of the Nazis. Angel Bracho's "iVictoria!" employs the same eye-catching graphic language and color scheme (red, black, and white) as much of Fairey's work. (Boston Globe)
Stanley William Hayter : From Surrealism to Abstraction Jun 4, 2009
Among the first works in the show are Rue de la Villette and Pre Lachaise (1930), from the portfolio Paysages urbains, which reflect Hayter's early response to surrealism, and Combat (1936), created at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, in which Hayter uses tangled, whiplash lines to suggest the frenzy of warriors and horses in battle. Myth of Creation (1940) is an example of Hayter's experimentation with plaster reliefs, which were cast from the same engraved and etched copper plates he... (AbsoluteArts.com)
'In the Land of Invented Languages' tries to dismantle tower of babble May 31, 2009
Okrent goes so far as to attend an Esperanto congress in Havana, admitting that beforehand "the clearest mental picture . . . I could muster was five gray-haired radicals on folding chairs bantering about the Spanish Civil War and their stamp collections." What she finds instead is quixotic perhaps, but strangely vital. Beyond Esperanto, she investigates a number of other invented languages, their creators, and speakers - if any. (Boston Globe)
'Little Ashes' provides more schlock than shock May 22, 2009
Little Ashes' provides more schlock than shock - The Boston Globe. Local Search Site Search. (Boston Globe)
Spain's Franco 'had only one testicle', new book claims May 19, 2009
In 1936, he joined the military uprising that led to the Spanish Civil War and assumed leadership of the fascist Falange Party. Three years later, with the aid of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, he won the war and established a dictatorship. (BBC News -- Europe)
Read Indepth Article May 15, 2009
It may be recalled that during the Spanish civil war, many artists were exiled to the French capital. In this exhibition the gallery tried to collect some of the most important painters of this school. (AbsoluteArts.com)
The good life May 10, 2009
They were fleeing the firing squads after Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War. Initially interned in camps, the refugees eventually settled, finding jobs in farming or the vineyards. (BBC News -- Europe)
NYC center can't solve 73-year-old photo mystery May 9, 2009
Experts who examined a cache of long-lost photos from the 1930s Spanish Civil War say it yielded a lot of new information, but failed to solve the biggest mystery - whether legendary photojournalist Robert Capa took the famous picture of a man at the instant he was killed by a bullet. NEW YORK (AP) - Answering that question was a principal goal of curators at the New York-based International Center of Photography when they first delved into the so-called Mexican Suitcase, a collection of 4,300... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Gay Romp Is Dali Folly May 8, 2009
This is the sort of movie that reduces Paris in the 1920s and the Spanish Civil War (where Lorca was killed in 1936, while Dali lived to the ripe age of 84 and died rich in 1989) to cheesy montages. "Little Ashes," which takes its name from one of Dali's paintings, mostly looks great. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Spain: Socialist takes oath as Basque president May 7, 2009
During the Spanish Civil War, Guernica was leveled by German and Italian warplanes aiding Gen. Francisco Franco's fascist forces. Pablo Picasso immortalized the attack in his iconic painting "Guernica.". (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Been and gone May 6, 2009
He was beaten up by Oswald Moseley's Blackshirts on the streets of his native Liverpool before being badly wounded fighting with the International Brigade against Franco's forces in the Spanish Civil War. He became a full-time official with the Transport & General Workers Union and was elected general secretary in 1968. (BBC News -- UK)
D-Day soldier shares recollections of World War II May 4, 2009
As a result of the Spanish civil war (1936-39), Hitler started working with Benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator. Treaties between Germany, Italy and Japan created the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Books: Britain between the wars Apr 28, 2009
Whereas many were attracted to the idea of a benign world government as an alternative to the staleness and cynicism of conventional politics, Britain was fortunate that only a few saw salvation in the perverted Utopianism of Soviet communism and fewer still in fascism, particularly after the brutalities of the Spanish civil war. Mr Overy observes: In this great melodrama Hitler s Germany was the villain; democratic civilisation the menaced heroine; the many forces of progressive thinking the... (The Economist)
La Sagrada Familia Nears Completion Apr 17, 2009
Then during the Spanish Civil War, from 1936-39, not only was there a hault to construction, but some of the church was destroyed. However, work is progressing smoothly now and it is anticipated that La Sagrada Familia will be complete by 2030. (Suite101.com)
Piecing together Guernica Apr 8, 2009
THE BOMBING Operation Rugen took place on 26 April 1937 during Spanish Civil War German and Italian bombers allied with nationalists pounded town in Basque country held by Republicans Deaths estimated between 200 and over 1,000 Much of town flattened Bombing brought to international attention by Times journalist George Steer. Here, in the final version, even in its dying moments the horse remains defiant. (BBC News -- UK)
Former Argentine President Raul Alfonsin Dies Apr 1, 2009
Alfonsin explained his strong rejection of authoritarian rule as inherited from his father, a fervent supporter of the Republican Forces crushed by Gen. Francisco Franco in the Spanish civil war. After elementary school, however, he went for five years to a military academy. (Time.com)
Specialties channel the right stuff Mar 30, 2009
For this episode, military historian Norm Christie retells the story of the International Brigades of volunteers who fought on the Republican side against the Fascists in the Spanish Civil War, as he searches for the remains of the estimated 15,000 foreigners who died there, including hundreds of Canadians. The program's most compelling moments feature Jules Paivio, a Canadian who spent a year in a prisoner-of-war camp in Spain after he was rescued at the last minute from a firing squad, and who... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
El Cid Campeador Mar 22, 2009
Franco, leader of the Nationalists, was portrayed as a modern day equivalent of El Cid during the Spanish Civil War. The Poem of The Cid. (Suite101.com)
Swiss pardon Spain war veterans Mar 13, 2009
Switzerland's parliament has voted to pardon its citizens who fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Hundreds of Swiss men and women volunteered with the Spanish Republican forces in the 1930s, despite it being illegal to fight for a foreign army. (BBC News -- Europe)
Viva La Vida with a bit of sparkle Mar 12, 2009
It's all military jackets and multicoloured frayed sashes, which, along with current fourth album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, appears to take at least some influence from the Spanish Civil War. The Brit four-piece's self-confidence knows no bounds in terms of song choice as well as their look. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Canada's hero Mar 10, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Rebuilding fashion: Call in the architects Mar 3, 2009
So instead of the rich vein of velvet Victoriana that Marras has mined previously, here was a postwar scenario - the Spanish Civil War perhaps - where the models wore pinstripe and khaki tailoring but tinged with embellishment. It seemed almost as if these women had brightened up their drab outfits with their own imagination: embroidery and appliqu. (International Herald Tribune)
Spain looks back at dark chapter of adoptions Mar 2, 2009
It would take decades for Radas to learn the truth about her past: that she was one of perhaps thousands of child victims separated from their parents toward the end of the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War and its immediate aftermath. Spain under pressureThe ordeal of Radas and others is now putting Spain under pressure to take a closer look at a dark chapter of its past. (MSNBC -- International)
Citizens need to be heard when war is on the table Feb 13, 2009
One of us fought the fascists in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. He has to keep walking because his 90-year-old knees really bother him if he stops. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The rise of extremism in London Feb 10, 2009
Afghanistan under Russian occupation was for passionate Islamists what the Spanish Civil War was for the anti-fascist left - a cause worth dying for in a foreign land. Kashmir, Chechnya, Bosnia, Iraq, and, of course, Palestine all add up in the eyes of some Muslims as an everlasting stream of persecution. (Boston Globe)
