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This Happened - April 1: Spanish Civil War Is Over

The Spanish Civil War officially ended on this day in 1939, when General Francisco Franco's Nationalist forces declared victory over the Republican forces.

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Extra! Remembering Guernica In Basque Newspaper

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El Correo, April 26, 2017

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From Spain To Colombia - Ghosts Of Civil Wars, Past And Present

A father and son take shelter from the rain. Suddenly, a 76-year old man arrives, wedging himself in between the two of them. After a throwaway remark about the downpour, a question alters the course of the conversation.

“During the war, you weren’t in Fonfría by any chance?” the man asks the father, referring to the province in the north of Spain.

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