The Spanish Civil War Quotes

“This congress was attended by Hemingway, Spender, Pablo Neruda, Nicolás Guillén, Octavio Paz, and most of the leading literary apologists for the republic.”
― Hugh Thomas, The Spanish Civil War

“Henceforward, it was the republican state which was at war with the nationalist state, rather than revolution against rebellion.”
― Hugh Thomas, The Spanish Civil War

“The tragedy of his last months was a natural expression of the tragedy of Spain, where culture, eloquence and creativity were giving way to militarism, propaganda, and death. Before long, there was even a concentration camp called ‘Unamuno’ for republican prisoners.15”
― Hugh Thomas, The Spanish Civil War

“The rising began at Melilla, the easternmost city of Spanish Morocco. In the night of 16–17 July, General Romerales, the local commander, looked for suspicious activity.”
― Hugh Thomas, The Spanish Civil War

“Mola at last gave a firm date for the rising: his telegrams read: ‘On the 15th last, at 4 A.M., Helen gave birth to a beautiful child.’ That meant when interpreted that the rising would begin in Morocco on 18 July at five o’clock in the morning.”
― Hugh Thomas, The Spanish Civil War

“The middle class in Spain were aghast at this murder of the leader of the parliamentary opposition by members of the regular police. It was now natural to assume that the government could not control its own agents,”
― Hugh Thomas, The Spanish Civil War

“The middle class in Spain were aghast at this murder of the leader of the parliamentary opposition by members of the regular police”
― Hugh Thomas, The Spanish Civil War

“After a quarter of a mile, Luis Cuenca, a young Galician socialist sitting beside the politician, shot him in the back of his neck. Neither Condés nor anyone else had expected this dénouement.”
― Hugh Thomas, The Spanish Civil War

“Fernando Condés, an intimate friend of Castillo. Condés was broken by Castillo’s death.”
― Hugh Thomas, The Spanish Civil War

“As he left home on 12 July, a hot Sunday of the Madrid summer, Castillo was shot dead by four men with revolvers, who swiftly escaped into the crowded streets.24”
― Hugh Thomas, The Spanish Civil War

“That evening at nine o’clock, Lieutenant José Castillo of the assault guards was leaving home, in the Calle Augusto Figueroa, in the centre of Madrid, to begin his duty.”
― Hugh Thomas, The Spanish Civil War