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Headline: Franco's troops lead prisoners to be shot, 1936Date: 29.08.1936Image text: Recorded: August 29.1936. Republican workers are lead by Franco's troops to be executed. On the ground are spanish soldiers murdered by the workersPhoto: SZ PhotoImage number: 00157072Franco's troops lead prisoners to be shot, 1936Recorded: August 29.1936. Republican workers are lead by Franco's troops to be executed. On the ground are spanish soldiers murdered by the workers
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Headline: Arrested Republican fighters are being lead away, 1936Date: 29.08.1936Image text: Photo of a group of disarmed and arrested Communist fighters in Somosierra near Madrid in August 1936, shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. The fighters wearing work pants, white shirts and berets are pushed down a hillside with raised hands by two Spanish soldiers, who are armed with carabiners.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306325Arrested Republican fighters are being lead away, 1936Photo of a group of disarmed and arrested Communist fighters in Somosierra near Madrid in August 1936, shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. The fighters wearing work pants, white shirts and berets are pushed down a hillside with raised hands by two Spanish soldiers, who are armed with carabiners.
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Headline: Arrested Communist unit, 1936Date: 29.08.1936Image text: Photo of a Communist unit fighting for the Republic, which has just surrendered to a Spanish national unit. The Spanish soldiers are leading the prisoners (raised hands) down a slope with carabiners and revolvers. In the foreground, two soldiers killed by the opposing side.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869471Arrested Communist unit, 1936Photo of a Communist unit fighting for the Republic, which has just surrendered to a Spanish national unit. The Spanish soldiers are leading the prisoners (raised hands) down a slope with carabiners and revolvers. In the foreground, two soldiers killed by the opposing side.
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Headline: Young Republican fighters on their way to the front, 1936Date: 02.09.1936Image text: Photo of a group of volunteer young Republican militiamen of the Largo Caballero Batallion of the Union General de Trabajadores (UGT) just before their departure to the front in Madrid in September, 1936. The women and men are armed with Gewehr 98 rifles and wear uniforms or overalls. Das Battalion wure nach dem spanischen Politiker (PSOE, Spanische Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei) und Gewerkschaftsführer (UGT) Francisco Largo Caballero (1869 bis 1946) benannt.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306351Young Republican fighters on their way to the front, 1936Photo of a group of volunteer young Republican militiamen of the Largo Caballero Batallion of the Union General de Trabajadores (UGT) just before their departure to the front in Madrid in September, 1936. The women and men are armed with Gewehr 98 rifles and wear uniforms or overalls. Das Battalion wure nach dem spanischen Politiker (PSOE, Spanische Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei) und Gewerkschaftsführer (UGT) Francisco Largo Caballero (1869 bis 1946) benannt.
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Headline: Republican militiamen entrench themselves behind a barricade, Irun, 1936Date: 03.09.1936Image text: Photo of a unit of Republican fighters in blue overalls, presumably volunteers of the anarcho-syndicalist FAI / CNT. The fighters armed with guns have entrenched themselves behind a sandbag barricade in the Spanish border town of Irun on the exit road towards Pamplona, ??Navarre. In the other direction, the French border. Irun wurde während der Offensive von Guipuzcoa am 3. September 1936 von General Franco erobert. Die FAI (Federacion Anarquista Iberica, Iberische Anarchistische Föderation) kämpfte zusammen mit der anarchosyndikalistischen Gewerkschaft CNT (Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo) auf Seiten der Republik.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306375Republican militiamen entrench themselves behind a barricade, Irun, 1936Photo of a unit of Republican fighters in blue overalls, presumably volunteers of the anarcho-syndicalist FAI / CNT. The fighters armed with guns have entrenched themselves behind a sandbag barricade in the Spanish border town of Irun on the exit road towards Pamplona, ??Navarre. In the other direction, the French border. Irun wurde während der Offensive von Guipuzcoa am 3. September 1936 von General Franco erobert. Die FAI (Federacion Anarquista Iberica, Iberische Anarchistische Föderation) kämpfte zusammen mit der anarchosyndikalistischen Gewerkschaft CNT (Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo) auf Seiten der Republik.
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Headline: Fighters of the People's Front in the Spanish Civil War, 1936Date: 01.06.1936Image text: In the summer of 1936, fighters (in civilian clothes) of the Republican People's Front are posing for a French press photographer in composed postures shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. In the background, a branch of "Banco Bizcaya" (now BBVA). Photo presumably taken in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. After the outbreak of the Civil War on June 17, 1936, many cities of Spain were the scene of street fights between Republicans, Communists and Nationalists.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869452Fighters of the People's Front in the Spanish Civil War, 1936In the summer of 1936, fighters (in civilian clothes) of the Republican People's Front are posing for a French press photographer in composed postures shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. In the background, a branch of "Banco Bizcaya" (now BBVA). Photo presumably taken in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. After the outbreak of the Civil War on June 17, 1936, many cities of Spain were the scene of street fights between Republicans, Communists and Nationalists.
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Headline: Republican fighters and civilians are recovering a cannon, Spain, 1936Date: 01.06.1936Image text: A partly armed unit of the anarcho-syndicalist Spanish trade union Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo (CNT, written on the truck) and civilians are trying to recover a confiscated cannon with a leash on the street of a Spanish city during the Spanish Civil War. In the background, an automobile. After the outbreak of the Civil War on June 17, 1936, many cities of Spain were the scene of street fights between Republicans, Communists and Nationalists.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869457Republican fighters and civilians are recovering a cannon, Spain, 1936A partly armed unit of the anarcho-syndicalist Spanish trade union Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo (CNT, written on the truck) and civilians are trying to recover a confiscated cannon with a leash on the street of a Spanish city during the Spanish Civil War. In the background, an automobile. After the outbreak of the Civil War on June 17, 1936, many cities of Spain were the scene of street fights between Republicans, Communists and Nationalists.
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Headline: Group of Republican fighters in Irun, Basque Country, 1936Date: 18.06.1936Image text: Photo of a group of fighters on the side of the government troops in the Basque border town of Irun (France), probably in the summer of 1936. The fighters wear different uniform pieces (breeches and field tunics) or are partly dressed in civilian clothes. They are armed with light weapons, especially carabiners and revolvers. On the left, a Teniente (lieutenant), probably the commander of the unit, rests on a walking stick. In the middle poses a medic with a red cross armband. She is armed with a revolver. Some soldiers wear alpargatas, simple cotton shoes with braided hemp soles.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306324Group of Republican fighters in Irun, Basque Country, 1936Photo of a group of fighters on the side of the government troops in the Basque border town of Irun (France), probably in the summer of 1936. The fighters wear different uniform pieces (breeches and field tunics) or are partly dressed in civilian clothes. They are armed with light weapons, especially carabiners and revolvers. On the left, a Teniente (lieutenant), probably the commander of the unit, rests on a walking stick. In the middle poses a medic with a red cross armband. She is armed with a revolver. Some soldiers wear alpargatas, simple cotton shoes with braided hemp soles.
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Headline: Republican fighters exercising, 1936Date: 18.06.1936Image text: Photo of a unit of volunteer Republican militiamen with shouldered carabiners during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. In the center, a female fighter in a dress with the typical military Gorillo cap. The soldiers wear alpargatas, light cotton shoes with braided hemp soles.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306330Republican fighters exercising, 1936Photo of a unit of volunteer Republican militiamen with shouldered carabiners during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. In the center, a female fighter in a dress with the typical military Gorillo cap. The soldiers wear alpargatas, light cotton shoes with braided hemp soles.
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Headline: Stalin's portrait at an event in Madrid, 1936Date: 21.06.1936Image text: At an event of the Spanish Communist Party (Partido Comunista de Espana) in Madrid during the siege of the city. Stalin's portrait was supposed to express the need of the troops of the republic for support by the Soviet Union. In addition to the portait, Stalin quotes translated into Spanish also express the solidarity of the Soviet Union for Spain. Seit Oktober 1936 versuchte General Francisco Franco mit seinen Truppen Madrid zu erobern. Am 8. November griff General Emilio Mola Madrid mit seinen Truppen direkt an.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869455Stalin's portrait at an event in Madrid, 1936At an event of the Spanish Communist Party (Partido Comunista de Espana) in Madrid during the siege of the city. Stalin's portrait was supposed to express the need of the troops of the republic for support by the Soviet Union. In addition to the portait, Stalin quotes translated into Spanish also express the solidarity of the Soviet Union for Spain. Seit Oktober 1936 versuchte General Francisco Franco mit seinen Truppen Madrid zu erobern. Am 8. November griff General Emilio Mola Madrid mit seinen Truppen direkt an.
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Headline: A killed Spanish national officer in Valencia, 1936Date: 01.07.1936Image text: Photo of a dead captain (in the foreground, upper body) who joined the Spanish national insurgents against the Second Spanish Republic with his cavalry regiment (Regimento de caballeria de guarnicion) in Valencia in the summer. The dead man is surrounded by a group of jubilant fists of repulsive young men (armed with steel helmets and guns, partially uniformed), who probably killed him.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869492A killed Spanish national officer in Valencia, 1936Photo of a dead captain (in the foreground, upper body) who joined the Spanish national insurgents against the Second Spanish Republic with his cavalry regiment (Regimento de caballeria de guarnicion) in Valencia in the summer. The dead man is surrounded by a group of jubilant fists of repulsive young men (armed with steel helmets and guns, partially uniformed), who probably killed him.
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Headline: Republican armored car of the People's Front at San Sebastian, 1936Date: 01.07.1936Image text: Photo of an armored car of the People's Front in a pause on the northern front near San Sebastian in the Basque country in the summer of 1936. On the hood of the armored truck stands the abbreviation FP for Frente Popular. The vehicle is surrounded by militia officers of the people's front. Behind them, civilian cars. In the background, a maize field, as well as a large farmhouse.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869555Republican armored car of the People's Front at San Sebastian, 1936Photo of an armored car of the People's Front in a pause on the northern front near San Sebastian in the Basque country in the summer of 1936. On the hood of the armored truck stands the abbreviation FP for Frente Popular. The vehicle is surrounded by militia officers of the people's front. Behind them, civilian cars. In the background, a maize field, as well as a large farmhouse.
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Headline: Fighters of the Republican People's Front south of Madrid, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Photo of a group of militiamen of the People's Front (Frente Popular ) fighting on the side of the Second Spanish Republic. The fighters pose 15 kilometers south of the capital of Spain armed with rifles next to an armored car, on which a hammer and sickle are painted. The militia officer on the lower left is armed with an American Winchester lever-action gun. Nach dem Bürgerkriegsausbruch am 17. Juli 1936 kam es in vielen großen Städten Spaniens zu Straßenkämpfen.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306335Fighters of the Republican People's Front south of Madrid, 1936Photo of a group of militiamen of the People's Front (Frente Popular ) fighting on the side of the Second Spanish Republic. The fighters pose 15 kilometers south of the capital of Spain armed with rifles next to an armored car, on which a hammer and sickle are painted. The militia officer on the lower left is armed with an American Winchester lever-action gun. Nach dem Bürgerkriegsausbruch am 17. Juli 1936 kam es in vielen großen Städten Spaniens zu Straßenkämpfen.
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Headline: Republican steel workers convert a truck into an armored car, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Photo of a group of steel workers turning a truck into an armored car with armor plates for the Teruel Front, Valencia region. Beneath the plates there is a truck chassis. In the background, another car is being converted.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306337Republican steel workers convert a truck into an armored car, 1936Photo of a group of steel workers turning a truck into an armored car with armor plates for the Teruel Front, Valencia region. Beneath the plates there is a truck chassis. In the background, another car is being converted.
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Headline: Republican fighters during a ceasefire at San Sebastian, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Photo of a group of Republican militiamen in a protective trench on the Northern Front near San Sebastian. The soldiers are armed with the Gewehr 98 and do not wear any regular uniforms. The soldier on the right in the background is wearing a steel helmet. Bereits Ende Juli kurz nach Ausbruch des Spanischen Bürgerkriegs wurde San Sebastian von nationalspanischen Truppen eingenommen.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306338Republican fighters during a ceasefire at San Sebastian, 1936Photo of a group of Republican militiamen in a protective trench on the Northern Front near San Sebastian. The soldiers are armed with the Gewehr 98 and do not wear any regular uniforms. The soldier on the right in the background is wearing a steel helmet. Bereits Ende Juli kurz nach Ausbruch des Spanischen Bürgerkriegs wurde San Sebastian von nationalspanischen Truppen eingenommen.
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Headline: Armored Republican truck in front of the casino in San Sebastian, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Photo of a pick-up truck of the Republican camp, reinforced with welded armor plates in front of the casino in San Sebastian. The cab, bonnet and cargo were protected for the transport of fighters. On its side the abbreviations UGT and UHP are painted. The UGT (the Marxist Union, the Union General de Trabajadores) and the UHP (Communist Combat Unit, Unios Hermanos Proletarios) fought on the side of the government. In the background, other partly armored buses and trucks. Das Gebäude beherbergt seit 1947 das Rathaus von San Sebastian, 1897 wurde es als Kasino eröffnet. Es liegt direkt am Atlkantik. San Sebastian (Donostia) war Ende Juli 1936 wenige Wochen nach Ausbruch des Bürgerkriegs von nationalspanischen truppen erobert worden.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306340Armored Republican truck in front of the casino in San Sebastian, 1936Photo of a pick-up truck of the Republican camp, reinforced with welded armor plates in front of the casino in San Sebastian. The cab, bonnet and cargo were protected for the transport of fighters. On its side the abbreviations UGT and UHP are painted. The UGT (the Marxist Union, the Union General de Trabajadores) and the UHP (Communist Combat Unit, Unios Hermanos Proletarios) fought on the side of the government. In the background, other partly armored buses and trucks. Das Gebäude beherbergt seit 1947 das Rathaus von San Sebastian, 1897 wurde es als Kasino eröffnet. Es liegt direkt am Atlkantik. San Sebastian (Donostia) war Ende Juli 1936 wenige Wochen nach Ausbruch des Bürgerkriegs von nationalspanischen truppen erobert worden.
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Headline: Dancing Republican soldiers behind the front, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Photo of two dancing Republican fighters behind the front line in Sierra Peguerinos northwest of Madrid. The dancer on the left is dressed in overall and is armed with a Gewehr 98 rifle. She is wearing the chevron of a Teniente (lieutenant) on her cap. Her dancing partner plays the castanets and wears a blanket and carries a bag. In the background, fighters and female fighters watch amused.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306349Dancing Republican soldiers behind the front, 1936Photo of two dancing Republican fighters behind the front line in Sierra Peguerinos northwest of Madrid. The dancer on the left is dressed in overall and is armed with a Gewehr 98 rifle. She is wearing the chevron of a Teniente (lieutenant) on her cap. Her dancing partner plays the castanets and wears a blanket and carries a bag. In the background, fighters and female fighters watch amused.
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Headline: Republican female fighters besiege a monastery in Madrid, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Female fighters loyal to the government aim at the church building in the courtyard of the convent of San Antonio de la Florida, in the district of Arguelles, where insurgent Spanish national fighters are hiding.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306352Republican female fighters besiege a monastery in Madrid, 1936Female fighters loyal to the government aim at the church building in the courtyard of the convent of San Antonio de la Florida, in the district of Arguelles, where insurgent Spanish national fighters are hiding.
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Headline: Republican artillery in Seville, Andalusia, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Photo of a square, presumably in a suburban area of Seville in 1936. A group of grenadiers build howitzers and cannons. On the right, a truck with a mounted gun carriage.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306354Republican artillery in Seville, Andalusia, 1936Photo of a square, presumably in a suburban area of Seville in 1936. A group of grenadiers build howitzers and cannons. On the right, a truck with a mounted gun carriage.
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Headline: Republican fighters surrender to Spanish national soldiers, Seville, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Republican supporters of the government are herded together with raised hands by Spanish soldiers in a small street of a village near Seville.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306359Republican fighters surrender to Spanish national soldiers, Seville, 1936Republican supporters of the government are herded together with raised hands by Spanish soldiers in a small street of a village near Seville.
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Headline: Arrival of volunteer Republican fighters in Barcelona, ??1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Photo of a group of foreign volunteer fighters (on the left in civilian clothes) on their arrival at the quay in the Port of Barcelona. Behind, an anarchist fighter sitting on the hood of a car with a gun. On the car stands FAI (Federacion Anarquista Iberica, Iberian Anarchist Federation). In the background, a foreigner changes clothes. Die FAI kämpfte zusammen mit der Gewerkschaft CNT (Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo) auf Seiten der Republik. Die meisten ausländischen Kämpfer wurden von der Kommunistsichen Internationalen (Komintern) rekrutiert und gliederten sich in die Internationalen Brigaden ein.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306368Arrival of volunteer Republican fighters in Barcelona, ??1936Photo of a group of foreign volunteer fighters (on the left in civilian clothes) on their arrival at the quay in the Port of Barcelona. Behind, an anarchist fighter sitting on the hood of a car with a gun. On the car stands FAI (Federacion Anarquista Iberica, Iberian Anarchist Federation). In the background, a foreigner changes clothes. Die FAI kämpfte zusammen mit der Gewerkschaft CNT (Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo) auf Seiten der Republik. Die meisten ausländischen Kämpfer wurden von der Kommunistsichen Internationalen (Komintern) rekrutiert und gliederten sich in die Internationalen Brigaden ein.
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Headline: Volunteer Republican fighters in Madrid, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Photo of a group of Republican volunteer citizens of Madrid after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in the summer of 1936. The men and women (in civilian clothes) carry Gewehr 98 guns, rucksacks or steel helmets. Nach dem Bürgerkriegsausbruch am 17. Juli 1936 kam es in vielen großen Städten Spaniens zu Straßenkämpfen.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306367Volunteer Republican fighters in Madrid, 1936Photo of a group of Republican volunteer citizens of Madrid after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in the summer of 1936. The men and women (in civilian clothes) carry Gewehr 98 guns, rucksacks or steel helmets. Nach dem Bürgerkriegsausbruch am 17. Juli 1936 kam es in vielen großen Städten Spaniens zu Straßenkämpfen.
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Headline: A group of Republican militiamen, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Photo of a cheering group of Republican fighters, presumably anarchist (FAI, CNT) volunteers in blue overalls in front of a truck. The fighters are armed with rifles and wear simple shoes, mostly alpargatas, simple cotton shoes with braided hemp soles. On the planks of the truck: "A los Fascistas" (Against the fascists). Die FAI (Federacion Anarquista Ibérica, Iberische Anarchistische Föderation) kämpfte zusammen mit der anarchosyndikalistischen Gewerkschaft CNT (Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo) auf Seiten der Republik.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306369A group of Republican militiamen, 1936Photo of a cheering group of Republican fighters, presumably anarchist (FAI, CNT) volunteers in blue overalls in front of a truck. The fighters are armed with rifles and wear simple shoes, mostly alpargatas, simple cotton shoes with braided hemp soles. On the planks of the truck: "A los Fascistas" (Against the fascists). Die FAI (Federacion Anarquista Ibérica, Iberische Anarchistische Föderation) kämpfte zusammen mit der anarchosyndikalistischen Gewerkschaft CNT (Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo) auf Seiten der Republik.
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Headline: Republican armored vehicles in Zaragoza, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Photo of three Republican armored cars on the Calle de Ramon Pignatelli in front of the bullring in Zaragoza, Aragon, after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Such armored vehicles used by the Republican troops consisted mostly only of trucks reinforced with armor plates, which were armed with a turret machine gun. The vehicles had little military value due to their size, low armament and lack of mobility. Therefore they were used primarily for troop transport. The vehicles are being watched by passers-by.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306370Republican armored vehicles in Zaragoza, 1936Photo of three Republican armored cars on the Calle de Ramon Pignatelli in front of the bullring in Zaragoza, Aragon, after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Such armored vehicles used by the Republican troops consisted mostly only of trucks reinforced with armor plates, which were armed with a turret machine gun. The vehicles had little military value due to their size, low armament and lack of mobility. Therefore they were used primarily for troop transport. The vehicles are being watched by passers-by.
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Headline: Republican female fighters during shooting training, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Photo of two barrels of a German Gewehr 98 during shooting training in the Spanish Civil War, 1936. In the background, a Republican militiaman.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306383Republican female fighters during shooting training, 1936Photo of two barrels of a German Gewehr 98 during shooting training in the Spanish Civil War, 1936. In the background, a Republican militiaman.
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Headline: Republican militia women in training, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Photo of a group of female Republican fighters training with a rifle in the summer of 1936. Some of the women are already wearing uniforms and the blue overalls of the militia or even their civilian clothes. The fighters are just shouldering a Gewehr 98.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306379Republican militia women in training, 1936Photo of a group of female Republican fighters training with a rifle in the summer of 1936. Some of the women are already wearing uniforms and the blue overalls of the militia or even their civilian clothes. The fighters are just shouldering a Gewehr 98.
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Headline: Republican female fighters cooking stew, Madrid, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Photo of a group of Republican female fighters in civilian clothes and blue overalls cooking on an open fire. The women stir together in the pan. The photo was taken behind the front in the Sierra Guadarrama.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306385Republican female fighters cooking stew, Madrid, 1936Photo of a group of Republican female fighters in civilian clothes and blue overalls cooking on an open fire. The women stir together in the pan. The photo was taken behind the front in the Sierra Guadarrama.
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Headline: Republican prisoners in the Spanish Civil War, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Exhausted young Republican prisoners are interrogated by Spanish soldiers (on the right, an armed falangist in a blue shirt, on the left, a soldier) tied with a rope. The soldiers (presumably Communists) wear bright shirts, breeches and berets.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306389Republican prisoners in the Spanish Civil War, 1936Exhausted young Republican prisoners are interrogated by Spanish soldiers (on the right, an armed falangist in a blue shirt, on the left, a soldier) tied with a rope. The soldiers (presumably Communists) wear bright shirts, breeches and berets.
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Headline: Communist militia marching through Valencia, 1936Date: 17.07.1936Image text: Photo of a unit of young Republican militiamen in the streets of Valencia. The unit, which is greeted by a group of fighters on a truck, consists of boys and girls carrying pistols, cartridge belts or rifles. They raise their right fists to show the salute of the Socialists.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306382Communist militia marching through Valencia, 1936Photo of a unit of young Republican militiamen in the streets of Valencia. The unit, which is greeted by a group of fighters on a truck, consists of boys and girls carrying pistols, cartridge belts or rifles. They raise their right fists to show the salute of the Socialists.
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Headline: Republican prisoners in Salamanca, 1936 to 1939Date: 18.07.1936Image text: Photo of a group of captured soldiers who have previously fought on the Republican side in Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain, during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The guardians cannot be seen. The soldiers wear uniform jackets, breeches, and simple cotton shoes with braided hemp sole (so-called espadrilles).Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869478Republican prisoners in Salamanca, 1936 to 1939Photo of a group of captured soldiers who have previously fought on the Republican side in Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain, during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The guardians cannot be seen. The soldiers wear uniform jackets, breeches, and simple cotton shoes with braided hemp sole (so-called espadrilles).
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Headline: Spanish Legionnaires during the combat around Irun, 1936Date: 01.01.1936Image text: young women give wine to the Spanish nationalist soldiers during the fighting around Irun.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00063832Spanish Legionnaires during the combat around Irun, 1936young women give wine to the Spanish nationalist soldiers during the fighting around Irun.
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Headline: Spanish Civil War 1936 to 1939 - Wartime atrocitiesDate: 01.01.1936Image text: Spanish Civil War 1936 to 1939 - Wartime atrocitiesPhoto: SZ PhotoImage number: 00869487Spanish Civil War 1936 to 1939 - Wartime atrocitiesSpanish Civil War 1936 to 1939 - Wartime atrocities
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Headline: Soviet steamer in the Port of Barcelona, ??1936Date: 01.10.1936Image text: Photo of the Soviet freighter SS Zyrianin (home port Odessa) in the Port of Barcelona. The ship, laden with volunteers and Soviet supplies, is received at the quay by a crowd. Im September regte der sowjetische Staatschef die Gründung einer von Moskau unterstützten Internationalen Brigade an. Die ersten sowjetrussichen Waffenlieferungen an die Zweite Spanische Republik trafen im Oktober 1936 in Spanien ein.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306380Soviet steamer in the Port of Barcelona, ??1936Photo of the Soviet freighter SS Zyrianin (home port Odessa) in the Port of Barcelona. The ship, laden with volunteers and Soviet supplies, is received at the quay by a crowd. Im September regte der sowjetische Staatschef die Gründung einer von Moskau unterstützten Internationalen Brigade an. Die ersten sowjetrussichen Waffenlieferungen an die Zweite Spanische Republik trafen im Oktober 1936 in Spanien ein.
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Headline: American airmen returning from the Spanish Civil War in Paris, 1937Date: 08.01.1937Image text: Photo of three American pilots, who fought on the side of the Second Spanish Republic in the Civil War, on their arrival in Paris in January 1937. From left to right: Hilaire du Berrier, Frederick Lord and Eddie Schneider. Previously, the men spent six weeks on the Madrid front. Hilaire du Berrier (1905 bis 2002) kämpfte 1936/37 auf Seiten der spanischen Regierung und wurde zwischen durch wegen Spionage für die nationalspanische Seite inhaftiert.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306328American airmen returning from the Spanish Civil War in Paris, 1937Photo of three American pilots, who fought on the side of the Second Spanish Republic in the Civil War, on their arrival in Paris in January 1937. From left to right: Hilaire du Berrier, Frederick Lord and Eddie Schneider. Previously, the men spent six weeks on the Madrid front. Hilaire du Berrier (1905 bis 2002) kämpfte 1936/37 auf Seiten der spanischen Regierung und wurde zwischen durch wegen Spionage für die nationalspanische Seite inhaftiert.
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Headline: American ambulance car in Le Havre, 1937Date: 23.01.1937Image text: Photo of one of four ambulance cars of the "American Friends of Spanish Democracy" after unloading in the French Port of Le Havre in January, 1937. The modern ambulance car, which is being eye-witnessed by French gendarmes, is part of an American delivery for the Republican troops at the front in Madrid. In addition to the vehicles, the organization sent five surgeons, seven nurses and five consultants to Madrid.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306334American ambulance car in Le Havre, 1937Photo of one of four ambulance cars of the "American Friends of Spanish Democracy" after unloading in the French Port of Le Havre in January, 1937. The modern ambulance car, which is being eye-witnessed by French gendarmes, is part of an American delivery for the Republican troops at the front in Madrid. In addition to the vehicles, the organization sent five surgeons, seven nurses and five consultants to Madrid.
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Headline: Ernest HemingwayDate: 01.01.1936Image text: Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American writer, as a reporter in the Spanish Civil War.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00024103Ernest HemingwayErnest Hemingway (1899-1961), American writer, as a reporter in the Spanish Civil War.
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Headline: Ernest Hemingway interviews captured Italian officers in Madrid, 1937Date: 01.04.1937Image text: Photo of three Italian officers (center, in boots and mixed uniforms) of the Italian volunteer army "Corpo Troupe Volontarie ", fighting on the side of the Spanish nationals, who were captured by Republican troops during the Battle of Guadalajara (March 8 to March 23, 1937). The three officers, the one on the right side wearing the black shirt of the Italian "Fasci" (Fascist Party of Italy), are surrounded by international journalists in a prison in Madrid, Spain. Second from left with a notepad and a beret, the American writer and later Nobel laureate for literature, Ernest Hemingway. Third from the right, the Dutch documentary filmmaker and communist Joris Ivens (traveled with Hemingway). In the front, two guards with bayonets. Hemingway kam als Kriegsreporter nach Spanien. In Spanien drehte Joris Ivens den Film "The Spanish Earth" für den Hemingway den Kommentar geschrieben und gesprochen hat.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869490Ernest Hemingway interviews captured Italian officers in Madrid, 1937Photo of three Italian officers (center, in boots and mixed uniforms) of the Italian volunteer army "Corpo Troupe Volontarie ", fighting on the side of the Spanish nationals, who were captured by Republican troops during the Battle of Guadalajara (March 8 to March 23, 1937). The three officers, the one on the right side wearing the black shirt of the Italian "Fasci" (Fascist Party of Italy), are surrounded by international journalists in a prison in Madrid, Spain. Second from left with a notepad and a beret, the American writer and later Nobel laureate for literature, Ernest Hemingway. Third from the right, the Dutch documentary filmmaker and communist Joris Ivens (traveled with Hemingway). In the front, two guards with bayonets. Hemingway kam als Kriegsreporter nach Spanien. In Spanien drehte Joris Ivens den Film "The Spanish Earth" für den Hemingway den Kommentar geschrieben und gesprochen hat.
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Headline: Banner of Norwegian Fighters of the Spanish Civil War, Spain 1936-39Date: 18.07.1936Image text: Photo of a flag of Norwegian volunteers of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, 1937-1939. The banner says: "As a front fighter in Spain from Norway".Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869616Banner of Norwegian Fighters of the Spanish Civil War, Spain 1936-39Photo of a flag of Norwegian volunteers of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, 1937-1939. The banner says: "As a front fighter in Spain from Norway".
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Headline: Members of the International Brigades, 1939Date: 18.07.1936Image text: Civil War in Spain: American members of the Lincoln Brigade on the way back to the United States aboard their ship in the harbor. They greet with clenched fist, the Communist salute.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869622Members of the International Brigades, 1939Civil War in Spain: American members of the Lincoln Brigade on the way back to the United States aboard their ship in the harbor. They greet with clenched fist, the Communist salute.
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Headline: March in remembrance of the Russian Revolution in Barcelona, 1936Date: 01.11.1936Image text: Photo of a Republican demonstration in remembrance of the 19. anniversary of the October Revolution (November 1917) on the Rambla (Promenade Las Ramblas) at the beginning of November, 1936. The marching military policemen carry a banner: "The military police (Carabineros) greet their Soviet-Russian brothers." The police officers in uniform raise their fists saluting. Passers-by watch the scene on the pavement. Im September regte der sowjetische Staatschef die Gründung einer von Moskau unterstützten Internationalen Brigade an. Die ersten sowjetrussichen Waffenlieferungen an die Zweite Spanische Republik trafen im Oktober 1936 in Spanien ein.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02306362March in remembrance of the Russian Revolution in Barcelona, 1936Photo of a Republican demonstration in remembrance of the 19. anniversary of the October Revolution (November 1917) on the Rambla (Promenade Las Ramblas) at the beginning of November, 1936. The marching military policemen carry a banner: "The military police (Carabineros) greet their Soviet-Russian brothers." The police officers in uniform raise their fists saluting. Passers-by watch the scene on the pavement. Im September regte der sowjetische Staatschef die Gründung einer von Moskau unterstützten Internationalen Brigade an. Die ersten sowjetrussichen Waffenlieferungen an die Zweite Spanische Republik trafen im Oktober 1936 in Spanien ein.
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Headline: Burial of Hans Beimler in Barcelona, ??1936Date: 01.12.1936Image text: Photo of passers-by who give their last escort to the fallen Republican fighter Hans Beimler during the funeral procession in Barcelona at the beginning of December 1936. The former communist deputy of the German Reichstag and political commissar of the Thaelmann Batallion of the XI. International Brigade was shot dead by Spanish national troops near Moncloa Palace in Madrid on December 1, 1936.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00869617Burial of Hans Beimler in Barcelona, ??1936Photo of passers-by who give their last escort to the fallen Republican fighter Hans Beimler during the funeral procession in Barcelona at the beginning of December 1936. The former communist deputy of the German Reichstag and political commissar of the Thaelmann Batallion of the XI. International Brigade was shot dead by Spanish national troops near Moncloa Palace in Madrid on December 1, 1936.
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Headline: Return of Republican fighters from the Spanish Civil War, London 1937Date: 07.12.1936Image text: Photo of a voluntary Republican fighter of the Civil War, who is kissed by two women at Victoria Station in London on their return from the Spanish Civil War on the 7th of December, 1938. The 400 fighters of the International Brigades were received at the station by a crowd and socialist officials.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869620Return of Republican fighters from the Spanish Civil War, London 1937Photo of a voluntary Republican fighter of the Civil War, who is kissed by two women at Victoria Station in London on their return from the Spanish Civil War on the 7th of December, 1938. The 400 fighters of the International Brigades were received at the station by a crowd and socialist officials.
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Headline: Return of Republican fighters from the Spanish Civil War, London, 1937Date: 07.12.1936Image text: Photo of voluntary Republican fighters, who are greeted by a crowd with banners and flags on their return from the Spanish Civil War in front of Victoria Station in London on December 7, 1938. The 400 fighters of the International Brigades were received at the railway station by socialist officials.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869621Return of Republican fighters from the Spanish Civil War, London, 1937Photo of voluntary Republican fighters, who are greeted by a crowd with banners and flags on their return from the Spanish Civil War in front of Victoria Station in London on December 7, 1938. The 400 fighters of the International Brigades were received at the railway station by socialist officials.
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Headline: International Brigades in the Spanish Civil WarDate: 01.01.1937Image text: Division Commander of the International Brigade 'Division Lister' on the front of Teruel.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00021706International Brigades in the Spanish Civil WarDivision Commander of the International Brigade 'Division Lister' on the front of Teruel.
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Headline: International Brigades in the Spanish Civil WarDate: 01.01.1937Image text: The staff of the International Brigades on the front of Teruel.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00021707International Brigades in the Spanish Civil WarThe staff of the International Brigades on the front of Teruel.
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Headline: Cavalry unit of the International Brigades, Spain, 1937Date: 01.01.1937Image text: Photo of six Republican soldiers (four on horseback) of an unknown batallion of the International Brigade on the Teruel Front during the Spanish Civil War in Spain, 1937.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869624Cavalry unit of the International Brigades, Spain, 1937Photo of six Republican soldiers (four on horseback) of an unknown batallion of the International Brigade on the Teruel Front during the Spanish Civil War in Spain, 1937.
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Headline: Fighters of the International Brigades are registered, France, 1937Date: 25.02.1937Image text: Photo of a group of volunteer Spanish fighters who want to go to war on the Republican side. The fighters wear winter coats and luggage and are questioned by French gendarmes.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00869613Fighters of the International Brigades are registered, France, 1937Photo of a group of volunteer Spanish fighters who want to go to war on the Republican side. The fighters wear winter coats and luggage and are questioned by French gendarmes.
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Headline: Republican English war prisoners in Spain, 1937Date: 27.03.1937Image text: Photo of a group of English fighters of the International Brigades, who were led away by Spanish soldiers of the Guardia Civil in 1937.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869619Republican English war prisoners in Spain, 1937Photo of a group of English fighters of the International Brigades, who were led away by Spanish soldiers of the Guardia Civil in 1937.
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Headline: Released fighters of the International Brigades in Hendaye, 1937Date: 30.05.1937Image text: Photo of a column of 60 liberated foreign soldiers (French, English, German) shortly after their being handed over by the Spanish national faction to France in the Spanish-French border town of Hendaye on May 30, 1937.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00869615Released fighters of the International Brigades in Hendaye, 1937Photo of a column of 60 liberated foreign soldiers (French, English, German) shortly after their being handed over by the Spanish national faction to France in the Spanish-French border town of Hendaye on May 30, 1937.
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