by Geoff | Feb 19, 2016 | Spanish Civil War
Campo de Rusia Campo de Rusia is a set of buildings outside Belchite, Aragon, constructed during the Spanish Civil War (1938 ) , initially intended as a military outpost , but ultimately served as housing for civilian personnel. These included Republican families who... by Geoff | Feb 19, 2016 | Spanish Civil War
I would like to suggest that a new photograph of a resting Republican officer taken by Gerda Toro has been discovered in a suitcase of negatives until recently lost somewhere remotely. Sadly, the truth is this is a photograph taken on the International Brigades...
by Geoff | Sep 27, 2015 | Spanish Civil War
The invitation of Alfredo Gonzalez-Ruibal to venture down an archaeologist’s rabbit hole into a dimension of reverse-engineered history is surely appropriate for the journey he and his colleagues have made both this year and last. Belchite, a town in the...
by Geoff | Aug 30, 2015 | India
I am travelling to Spain in early September to assist with an archaeological dig featuring a previously undisturbed Spanish Civil War site. Arranged through the International Brigades Memorial Trust of which I have been a member for a number of years, a group of...
