“…The guns and bombs of General Franco and his Fascist backers have killed many men, women and children; have destroyed cities and villages; and even parts of the capital; but they have raised the spirit of a great people. …”

“…1937 Five Days' Diary of Our Visit By JOHN DUGDALE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3rd - We have arrived in Barcelona, the new capital of Republican Spain. After lunch we go to a clinic to see some of the refugees; the doctor is desperately short of medicines, but is doing the best he can with very limited equipment. …”