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Spanish Civil War: 1936–1939
Spain · 1936–1939 · exact time + place
The fierce and tragic Spanish Civil War engulfed the entire country — from Barcelona and Madrid to Andalusia and Aragón — inspiring novels, poems, and films of a nation divided, international brigades, and struggles that shaped modern Spain. The button below opens StoryTerra with both Spain and 1936–1939 already set.
Open Civil-War Spain on the map10 famous stories set in the Spanish Civil War
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Browse 16 books and 30 movies set in Spain.
The Devil's Backbone
Spain 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for…
Land and Freedom
David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936 when the Spanish Civil War begins he decides to fight for the Republican side a coalition of liberals communists and anarchists so he joins the POUM militia…
Butterfly
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story…
While at War
Salamanca Spain 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But…
Valley of the Dead
During the Spanish Civil War sworn enemies must work together when they encounter flesh-eating zombies created in a Nazi experiment.
The Endless Trench
A small village in Huelva Andalusia Spain 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio being afraid of possible reprisals from the rebel faction decides to use a…
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk…
The Story of Ferdinand
A true classic with a timeless message, The Story of Ferdinand has enchanted readers since it was first published in 1936. All the other bulls would run and jump and butt their heads together. But Ferdinand would rather…
For Whom the Bell Tolls
In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from "the good fight," For Whom the Bell…
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