Spanish Civil War Fan Project
Credits
The Martin-Springer Institute assembled a team of students who brought different disciplinary backgrounds and skill sets to the project.
Project Mentors:
Björn Krondorfer, Regents’ Professor and Director of the Martin Springer Institute, Northern Arizona University
Ana Varela-Lago, Historian
Students: Jacob Baker, Kaleb Blackard, Samuel Conley, Sarah Frey, Alexander Furash, Hunter Loy, Amy McKenna, Emily Moore, Jessie Siemens, Melissa Valenzuela, Elizabeth Washburn.
Website: Kyle Young, with assistance by Will Whitten
Student Disciplines: History, Museum Studies, Political Science, Art History, Theater, Spanish, German, French, Anthropology, International Affairs, Criminal Justice, Marketing, Computer Sciences, Women Studies
Special thanks to Bernd Häber, the owner of the artifacts, for his active contributions to the ongoing project, and to Helena Häber for producing the video.
We also like to thank the following individuals and organizations for various forms of support and advice they provided:
Giles Tremlett (author of The International Brigades. Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War); Arielle Angel (Editor-in-chief, Jewish Currents); Marlene Sidaway (International Brigade Memorial Trust); Ajmal Waqif (Editor of ¡No Pasarán!, International Brigade Memorial Trust); Ralph Hug (IG Spanienfreiwillige: https://www.spanienfreiwillige.ch); Hans-Kai Möller (Willi-Bredel-Gesellschaft-Geschichtswerkstatt e.V.); Raymond Hoff (Victoria, BC); Katalin Bognár and Éva Fisli (Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest); Michael Koncewicz and Malia Guyer-Stevens (NYU Special Collections); The International Brigades Remembered Facebook group; Associated Students of Northern Arizona University and the Northern Arizona University Office of Undergraduate Research and Creativity.
In Spain:
Patricia González-Posada (Archivo Histórico del PCE, Madrid); Inmaculada Alcaraz (Portada.Info); Laura Hernández Alcaraz and Jesús García Guardiola (Museo Arqueológico de Villena); Santiago Hernández (Villena Cuéntame); Colectivo Luna de Mujeres de Villena; Francisco García (Biblioteca Miguel Hernández de Villena); Celia Ibañez; Ana Martin Sancho (Servei d’Arxius, Mancomunitat de la Ribera Alta); Bryan Richart (Ajuntament de Castelló); the late Francisco Soler and the families of the men identified in the photograph and of the photographer Luis García Ferriz.