Probably because there were almost certainly no men from Sheffield even
fighting for the Nationalists, John. Foreign volunteers for the
Nationalists came almost entirely from Germany, Italy and Portugal; for
volunteers from most other nations the Republicans were the side of
choice.
Roger
>
> During a very recent visit to Waterstone's book store in Sheffield,
> England
> I spent quite a while leafing throuigh a two inch plus thick book of
> Capa's
> black and white photos. Included therein is his famous "Death in Action"
> photo or so it is cited in my copy of Hugh Thomas's "The Spanish Civil
> War".
> The citation in Capa's book specified the exact date on which the photo
> was
> taken, the name of the soldier and the side for which he was fighting.
> There
> was no mention I recall of the soldier being labelled as an anarchist.
>
> As an aside, the Sheffield city fathers have erected a memorial, alongside
> those for the fallen in WW1, WW2 and Korea, to those local men who fell
> for
> the Republican cause. There is no mention of those who fell in support of
> the winning side.
>
> John Hudson
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 5:54 AM
> Subject: [OM] Re: Robert Capa negatives found (NY Times article)
>
>
>>
>> And thanks from me, too, Stephan - and I hadn't noticed any problems
>> with
>> your English: no misplaced apostrophe, no past imperfect instead of
>> conditional, seems fine to me!
>>
>> --
>> Piers
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Stephan Van den Zegel
>> Sent: 27 January 2008 18:38
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [OM] Re: Robert Capa negatives found (NY Times article)
>>
>>
>> And thank you all for your understanding of my bad English (so many
>> errors... aargh... I'm confused) stephan
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] De la
>> part
>> de Winsor Crosby Envoyé : dimanche 27 janvier 2008 19:34 À :
>> olympus@xxxxxxxxxx Objet : [OM] Re: Robert Capa negatives found (NY
>> Times
>> article)
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Stephan, for that correction. It expands my understanding a bit
>> and
>> makes me want to read more about that period.
>>
>>
>>
>> Winsor
>> Long Beach, California, USA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On / January 27, 2008 CE, at 10:24 AM, Stephan Van den Zegel wrote:
>>
>>> The New-York Times is slightly wrong (as usual) when describing Capa
>>> and the others as communist minded...; they had more connection with
>>> the Spanish anarchists or Poum members than with the few communists...
>>> (hence the Mexican connection to get the docs out of trouble). And to
>>> be more precise on the famous picture it is not a republican soldier
>>> but of a milician of an anarcho-syndicalist column (soldier would be a
>>> great offense for his memory)... a thing that the official communists
>>> would have love to destroy the proof that it ever existed. I know it
>>> sounds a bit stupid to make such an historical distinction... but for
>>> those who know the difference it's like if a journalist was asserting
>>> that zuiko lenses where build to fit on a Canon or Nikon body ;-)
>>
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