La Cucaracha Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Site

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29-May-2008 *Presentation of the book "Voluntarios de Argentina en la Guerra Civil Española" in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Centro Cultural de la Cooperacion, calle corrientes 1543, on June 10th 2008, at 19:00h.

The presentation will be repeated on June 21st 2008, also at 19:00h, in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Instituto Movilizador, calle Yrigoyen 1549.

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During both events the documentary "Esos mismos Hombres - Voluntarios Argentinos en la Guerra Civil Española" will be shown.

22-May-2008 *Cleaned out some broken links to external sources.

17-Apr-2007 *New URL in Links to Spanish sites : la guerra ilustrada. A collection of graphic documents (postcards, posters, reviews...) made during the Spanish Civil War by the Republican side. The site includes English translations, so I add it to the general links section as well

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The Illustrated Diary 1936 - 1939

Main page in English , also available Spanish (sobre el mismo link)

An illustrated diary of the war, complete with calendar, pictures, comments and background information. We can follow the events day by day. Starts in English and will be (hopefully) translated into Spanish and German if many people ask for that. This is the main part of the La Cucaracha site. Also help for the translations is more than welcome.

Music of the Spanish Civil War

Música de la Guerra Civil Española / Musik aus dem Spanischen Bürgerkrieg
All files in MP3

The Spanish pavilion on the World Expo 1937

The Spanish Pavilion was one of the Exhibitions biggest attractions, even though the building was small in size compared to the monumental buildings of the Soviet Union and Germany. The Pavilion was designed by Jose Luis Sert with the assistance of Luis Lacasa. Opening was at the 12th July 1937.

25-Nov-2001 *I had to take down many pictures from the Spanish pavilion page due to copyright issues. Read more about it on the page.

Enlaces en español / Spanish links

Enlaces a paginas españolas / Links to Spanish sites

Painting of the Republican Flag
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Thanks to Cliff Torrents Colman. This is a scan of a painting his father, a former Republican soldier, had. Does anybody know about the origin of this painting? Who was the artist? Was it popular during the Republic? Please mail webmaster@lacucaracha.info and Cliff Torrents Colman ( email: cliff [at] cliff-colman.net ). See also Cliff's web site dedicated to the memory to his father.

Desktop Wallpaper
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Great wallpaper by Jose Ignacio Moreno Ferrer ( email: jimmylot [at] hotmail.com ).

[1280x960, 107KB] [1024x768, 85KB] [800x600, 56KB] [Original 800x600, 243KB]

If you want to set a link to La Cucaracha SCW on your web site, you might find the following banner useful:

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[ la guerra ilustrada / the illustrated war ]
Spanish / English ,

Colección de documentos gráficos (postales, carteles, pasquines, revistas...) realizados durante la guerra civil española (1936-1939) pertenecientes al bando republicano.

Collection of graphic documents (postcards, posters, reviews...) made during the spanish civil war by the republican side.

[ John Colman, formerly Juan Torrents Abadia ]
in English ,

The fate of a Republican soldier after the Spanish Civil War. A personal web site dedicated to the memory of his father, by Cliff Torrents Colman.

[ Submarine C3 ]
in Spanish , English ,

"In this Web Site we want to pay a tribute to the brave submariners who left their life defending the city and inhabitants of Málaga during the Spanish Civil War."
Submarine C3

[ Homage To The Welsh International Brigadiers ]
in Spanish , English ,

174 people from Wales volunteered to go to Spain to fight in the ranks of the International Brigades against the fascist hordes. 33 of them died defending republican positions during several battles.
Homage To The Welsh International Brigadiers

[ No Pasaran 1936 ]
in French , Spanish , English , Catalan ,

"This Web site is dedicated to the memory of all the people who fought in the Spanish War for Freedom."
Jordi MIR

[ No jubilem la memoria! ]
in Spanish , English , Catalan

"The Association ‘No Jubilem la Memòria’ was formed in the village of Marçà in 2003 with the aim of recovering the history of the II Republic and the Spanish Civil War (1931-39) in the Priorat."
No jubilem la memòria

[ Warren and Pell Publishing ]
in English

Warren and Pell are publishing books related to the Spanish Civil War. You can order the books online. I really wish them all the best for their dedicated effort and good work.

[ Historiasiglo20.org ]
in Spanish , English , French

"The aim of this website is to provide historical information for teachers, students and anyone else who wishes to further their historical knowledge. Lessons on-line, quizes, links selected according to the Spanish Curriculum, and other projects that I have taken part in are included in the website."
Juan Carlos Ocaña

[ They still draw pictures ]

Bilingual in Spanish and English

A collection of over 600 drawings made during the Spanish Civil War by Spanish school children, both in Spain and in refugee centers in France, rendered in pencil, crayon, ink and watercolor.

Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archive

English Version Only

Don't miss this one, it's a wonderful site made by people, who never stopped the fighting for liberty, justice and democracy. You can find tons of interesting material here.

Anarchists In The Spanish Civil War

English Version Only

"About the Spanish Revolution of 1936 and in particular the role of the anarchists. The Spanish Civil War of 1936 saw a social revolution led by the anarchist CNT and the FAI. As well as forming militia to fight fascism the land was collectivized and many industries were put under workers control."
Like nearly everything on <flag.blackened.net> very good and informative.

Mai 1937 in Barcelona
- From Manfred Behrend -

German Version Only

"In Spanien stand's um unsre Sache schlecht..." 60 Jahre nach dem Barrikadenkampf in Barcelona

Very sensitive article about the fighting in Barcelona May 1937 between P.O.U.M. / C.N.T. and the P.S.U.C.. The article focuses on how the different left wing parties and people are seeing the past and it shows, that the conflict basically is not over yet.

Spanish Civil War Postcards
by Omar Di Nicola

Postcards of "Spanish Civil War Propaganda : P.S.U. - U.G.T. parties - c1936"

http://www.espol.com/ : eSpol.com - e*Storia postale online.com is an Italian based organization that originally dealt with Italian postal history, and have recently expanded to World Postcards. We currently have over 8500 items, over 9500 pictures and over 500 categories.

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I will maintain the mirrored pages in original state, except of a small logo on top of the page to indicate that you are still on my site, the date of grabbing and a link to the original place.

Why do I mirror the pages at all? Is this not some sort of stealing?

I mirror all these pages cause I am afraid that one day they will disappear, like it happened to a lot of good pages about the SCW before. Somebody cleans up the server, another one loose interest and needs the space, whatever reason. This is just something like a security backup.

Flyers Of Fortune
- American Airmen in the Spanish Civil War -

English Version Only

This 60 minute radio documentary, based on the book Airmen Without Portfolio : U.S. Mercenaries in Civil War Spain, examines the flying careers of American aviators who flew for the Republic during Spain’s civil war.

Spanish Civil War 1936 - 1939
- from Eugene W. Plawiuk -

English Version Only

Very informative and good made site, check the original location cause he adds often new stuff.