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The Spanish school, which is still in Portobello Road in 2024. 2. “Aid for Spain”. A set of posters were designed by Felicity Ashbee (1913 – 2008). Regular street meetings were organised in Portobello Road by the local Communist Party to promote the recruitment of volunteers to aid the Spanish Republican Government’s defence against the Fascist coup of General Franco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/959f99f8-7c10-4d54-bff0-2172d79bab62/3.png Echoes of Spain 3. A clandestine route over the Pyrenees. The ‘Non-Intervention’ Committee of 30 nations prohibited foreign citizens from participating in the Spanish conflict. However ‘vacationers’ arrived in France and were smuggled over the Pyrenees to participate in the struggle to defend the Republic against the military coup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/78a14876-60f3-45d1-a34d-74acf6da4d9c/4.png Echoes of Spain 4. Raising awareness in the UK. Lewis Clive, a Kensington Labour Party Councillor, author of ‘The People’s Army’ and Olympic rowing gold medallist, orchestrated a letter writing campaign to members of Parliament and the House of Lords, pleading for action to defend the legitimately elected Government in Spain from the military coup by Franco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/c8a9c784-84c5-4756-801b-c76bb90e9201/5.png Echoes of Spain 5. Reginald Rose, a volunteer, crossed the Pyrenees at night and joined the Spanish Republican Army. On a break from the fighting at the front, he participated in an amateur bullfight to impress his Spanish girlfriend. The bull’s horn tore off his belt; his pants dropped and an embarrassed female disappeared! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/5095afbb-3092-48d9-b0e8-14dc04785dec/6.png Echoes of Spain 6. International Brigades were military units of volunteers from many countries, including 2,500 men and women from Britain. They were primarily set up by the Communist International in September 1936 to assist the democratically elected Popular Front Republican Government against Franco’s fascist forces. They were dissolved on 23rd September 1938 to appease and gain support from the liberal democracies of the Non Intervention Committee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/28566d7b-dc28-4992-a09c-a7174fd8af94/7.png Echoes of Spain 7. T-26 tank - Juan Moreno Senior, as a member of the Youth Brigade and a Communist, progressed from training in the defence of Madrid and joined the Republican Battalion as a tank driver in the local battles against the combined Spanish, German and Italian fascist forces with their superior air power and weaponry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/d5841905-1c40-47cf-8f4e-4b6c8c5f0575/8.png Echoes of Spain 8. The ancient Sacred Oak of Guernica – Gernikako Arbola -is a symbol of the traditional freedoms and history of the Basque people https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/72177a7e-ff90-4f81-8acd-c0dda66b5680/9.png Echoes of Spain 9. On 26th April 1937 the Basque town of Guernica was bombed from the air by the German Luftwaffe. Thousands of people were in the town centre for market day. German and Italian aircraft dropped 31 tons of munitions. Aerial bombardment obliterated 80% of the buildings, killing and wounding 2,500 people, a third of the population. Claiming this was done in support of the insurgent Francoist cause, Nazi Germany used Guernica to experiment with new strategies, such as the blanket bombing, prior to World War Two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/20caf43b-0460-4290-8296-402865390687/10.png Echoes of Spain 10. Emilia Santana escapes to Gibraltar from her home in ‘La Linea’ Spain. On 18th July 1936 she and her sisters thought that the bangs they heard were fireworks but they were gunshots in the street. Franco’s troops had begun the coup and were raiding house to house, dragging out and injuring and killing those known not to support the coup. Emilia’s father was born in Gibraltar, and a British citizen, which enabled her mother, Flora, to grab their ID cards and the girls and make their way to the frontier gates with Gibraltar. They were evacuated in May 1940, sailing on the ‘Neuralia’, and were billeted in Holland Park. In 1946 the family returned to Gibraltar but Emilia was expelled as she had married a non-Gibraltarian, Antonio Santana, a Spaniard serving in the British army. She lived in North Kensington until her death in 2004 and attended some of the mosaic sessions with her son, Alfonso. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/3e0fc674-8227-4fe2-b5ab-a43b8c2ec3bd/11.png Echoes of Spain 11. Milicianas, the women defenders of Madrid. An immediate success for Franco’s coup was obstructed in part by women, participating in a spontaneous uprising against it. Women were not recruited into militias, like the men, so they had to choose to join up and fight. About 1,000 were involved in fighting alongside men at the fronts, in mixed battalions and many more served in battalions in defence of the cities. The largest of these was a women-only battalion known as the Milicianas, tasked with the defence of Madrid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/a8acf501-00c9-4778-aae6-f695283ad202/12.png Echoes of Spain 12. 4,000 Refugee children, mainly from the Basque country, left the port of Santurce in Bilbao overcrowded onto the ‘Habana’, a ship fit to carry 1,000 people. They arrived in Southampton on 19 th May 1937. Initially they lived in tents at Stoneham Camp near Eastleigh. When it was closed for winter the children were dispersed to over 90 centres around Britain helped by the British people and the Basque Children’s Committee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/74e082ab-319f-4379-8c82-2a2ad5dc6222/13.png Echoes of Spain 13. Mari Pepa Colomer was the first and youngest woman in Spain to qualify as a pilot. She instructed and trained male Republican fliers; flew airborne ambulances and aided escapes to France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/0e8002bc-b579-4f64-8927-fece614b8dce/14.png Echoes of Spain 14. Elvira Medrano, a Republican child, was born in Madrid in 1924 and educated in a Republican school. Her father worked for the Spanish railway. Her family left home and stayed with an aunt. She missed her father so much that she hid in a lorry loaded with oranges, and then walked for hours, to find him. When Madrid fell, the family were imprisoned and tortured. 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La escuela española, que todavía se encuentra en Portobello Road en 2024.. 2. “Ayuda para España”. Un conjunto de carteles fue diseñado por Felicity Ashbee (1913–2008). Se organizaron reuniones callejeras regularmente en Portobello Road por parte del Partido Comunista local para promover el reclutamiento de voluntarios en apoyo a la defensa del Gobierno republicano español contra el golpe fascista del general Franco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/d4f6a694-6c8f-4ac2-ae6f-33e0c4cf141d/3.png Echoes of Spain ES 3. Una ruta clandestina a través de los Pirineos. El Comité de “No Intervención” de 30 naciones prohibió la participación de ciudadanos extranjeros en el conflicto español. Sin embargo, “vacacionistas” llegaron a Francia y fueron introducidos de contrabando por los Pirineos para participar en la lucha por la defensa de la República frente al golpe militar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/954635c2-7673-4317-8e7a-6386762b5866/4.png Echoes of Spain ES 4. Concienciación en el Reino Unido. Lewis Clive, concejal del Partido Laborista en Kensington, autor de El Ejército del Pueblo y medallista de oro olímpico de remo, organizó una campaña de cartas dirigidas a miembros del Parlamento y de la Cámara de los Lores, implorando acciones para defender al gobierno legítimamente electo en España del golpe militar de Franco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/2035b047-5b30-4932-a271-7705d33dd0a0/5+ES.png Echoes of Spain ES 5. Reginald Rose, voluntario, cruzó los Pirineos de noche y se unió al Ejército Republicano español. Durante un descanso del frente, participó en una corrida de toros amateur para impresionar a su novia española. El cuerno del toro le arrancó el cinturón; se le cayeron los pantalones ¡y una mujer avergonzada desapareció! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/fb0ec397-055e-418b-8672-525eaa74778f/6+ES.png Echoes of Spain ES 6. Las Brigadas Internacionales fueron unidades militares de voluntarios de muchos países, incluidos 2,500 hombres y mujeres del Reino Unido. Fueron establecidas principalmente por la Internacional Comunista en septiembre de 1936 para apoyar al gobierno republicano del Frente Popular contra las fuerzas fascistas de Franco. Se disolvieron el 23 de septiembre de 1938 para apaciguar y obtener el apoyo de las democracias liberales del Comité de No Intervención. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/1b642d2f-f3e2-4f72-afea-13c73b655b45/7+es.png Echoes of Spain ES 7. Tanque T-26. Juan Moreno padre, miembro de la Brigada Juvenil y comunista, pasó del entrenamiento en la defensa de Madrid a integrarse en el Batallón Republicano superioridad aerea y armamental de las fuerzas españolas, alemanas e italianas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/d5841905-1c40-47cf-8f4e-4b6c8c5f0575/8.png Echoes of Spain ES 8. El antiguo Roble Sagrado de Guernica – Gernikako Arbola – es un símbolo de las libertades tradicionales y de la historia del pueblo vasco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/2c2252ca-9d20-48f5-abaf-e2c260ae157f/9+ES.png Echoes of Spain ES 9. El 26 de abril de 1937, la ciudad vasca de Guernica fue bombardeada desde el aire por la Luftwaffe alemana. Miles de personas se encontraban en el centro de la ciudad por ser día de mercado. Aviones alemanes e italianos arrojaron 31 toneladas de municiones. El bombardeo aéreo destruyó el 80% de los edificios, matando e hiriendo a 2,500 personas, un tercio de la población. Alegando que se trataba de un apoyo a la causa franquista insurgente, la Alemania nazi usó Guernica como campo de prueba para nuevas estrategias, como el bombardeo indiscriminado, antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/3273dbe0-6ce3-4dc9-a61d-e8fafa8a0086/10+ES.png Echoes of Spain ES 10. Emilia Santana escapa a Gibraltar desde su hogar en La Línea, España. El 18 de julio de 1936, ella y sus hermanas pensaron que los estallidos que escuchaban eran fuegos artificiales, pero eran disparos en la calle. Las tropas de Franco habían comenzado el golpe e iban casa por casa, sacando, hiriendo y matando a quienes sabían que no apoyaban el levantamiento. El padre de Emilia había nacido en Gibraltar y era ciudadano británico, lo que permitió a su esposa Flora (Española),tomar las tarjetas de identidad y llevarse a las niñas hasta las puertas de la frontera las cuales estaban cerradas. Más tarde se abrieron y la familia logró pasar. Se quedaron en Gibraltar hasta que fueron evacuados en mayo de 1940. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/4ea872dd-7bd9-4d06-9435-430f6de84333/11+ES.png Echoes of Spain ES 11. Milicianas, las mujeres defensoras de Madrid. Un éxito inmediato del golpe de Franco fue obstaculizado en parte por las mujeres, que participaron en un levantamiento espontáneo contra él. Las mujeres no eran reclutadas en las milicias como los hombres, así que tenían que decidirse a unirse y luchar. Unas 1,000 combatieron junto a los hombres en el frente, en batallones mixtos, y muchas más sirvieron en batallones para la defensa de las ciudades. El más grande de estos fue un batallón exclusivamente femenino conocido como las Milicianas, encargadas de la defensa de Madrid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/ce3391de-d44e-42c6-8b70-73d12be0a3b1/12+ES.png Echoes of Spain ES 12. 4,000 niños refugiados, principalmente del País Vasco, salieron del puerto de Santurce en Bilbao hacinados en el Habana, un barco preparado para 1,000 personas. Llegaron a Southampton el 19 de mayo de 1937. Inicialmente vivieron en tiendas de campaña en el campamento de Stoneham Camp cerca de Eastleigh. Cuando este fue cerrado por el invierno, los niños fueron dispersados a más de 90 centros en todo el Reino Unido, ayudados por el pueblo británico y el Comité de Niños Vascos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/74e082ab-319f-4379-8c82-2a2ad5dc6222/13.png Echoes of Spain ES 13. Mari Pepa Colomer fue la primera y más joven mujer en España en obtener el título de piloto. Instruyó y entrenó a pilotos republicanos hombres; voló ambulancias aéreas y ayudó en huidas hacia Francia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689476448645ea6f1f9795f0/0e8002bc-b579-4f64-8927-fece614b8dce/14.png Echoes of Spain ES 14. Elvira Medrano, niña republicana, nació en Madrid en 1924 y fue educada en una escuela republicana. Su padre trabajaba para los ferrocarriles españoles. Su familia abandonó el hogar y se quedó con una tía. Echaba tanto de menos a su padre que se escondió en un camión cargado de naranjas y luego caminó durante horas hasta encontrarlo. Cuando Madrid cayó, su familia fue encarcelada y torturada. 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