Refugees
In the early days of the Spanish Civil War antifascists from around the world crossed the Pyrenees to join Spanish Republicans in the fight against Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco. Three years later, as Republican Spain collapsed after receiving no help from the western powers, refugees were forced to flee across the mountains in the other direction, in a pattern that would be repeated endlessly across the globe over the next several years (and beyond). I started the summer reading about the Spanish Civil War but eventually decided it was just too emotionally taxing to keep it up. The Spanish themselves, for complicated reasons, are famous for avoiding the subject, and I certainly can't blame them for it. Street art depicting refugees against the flag of the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939), on the wall of la Mina Canta, Catalonia, Spain.
Refugees
In the early days of the Spanish Civil War antifascists from around the world crossed the Pyrenees to join Spanish Republicans in the fight against Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco. Three years later, as Republican Spain collapsed after receiving no help from the western powers, refugees were forced to flee across the mountains in the other direction, in a pattern that would be repeated endlessly across the globe over the next several years (and beyond). I started the summer reading about the Spanish Civil War but eventually decided it was just too emotionally taxing to keep it up. The Spanish themselves, for complicated reasons, are famous for avoiding the subject, and I certainly can't blame them for it. Street art depicting refugees against the flag of the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939), on the wall of la Mina Canta, Catalonia, Spain.