Spanish anti-fascist ‘prisoners of war’ in Lancashire, 1944–46

Spanish anti-fascist prisoners in Chorley

Fascinating and detailed paper by Richard Cleminson examining the appalling treatment of Spanish anti-fascist resistance fighters during World War II being detained in internment camps in Britain alongside Nazi and fascist prisoners.

Taken from https://www.academia.edu/3002553/Spanish_anti-fascist_prisoners_of_war_in_Lancashire_1944_46

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Spain and the world newspaper

Partial archive of Spain and the World, an anarchist newspaper published by Freedom Press in London throughout the course of the Spanish civil…

Spanish resistance fighters in the mountains.

Armed resistance to Franco, 1939-1965 - Antonio Téllez

An account by Antonio Téllez of the underground guerrilla armed struggle of anarchists and anti…

There is blood on your hands Mr. Lawson!

A Freedom article on Agustin Soler's suicide on 11th July, 1945, and the then Labour government's policy of interning anti-fascists.

Unarmed protesters killed by police and British troops, Athens 1944

British perfidy in Greece: a story worth remembering - Ed Vulliamy and Helena Smith

An account of the time in 1944 when the British Army, at war with Germany switched their allegiance…