Ausländerinnen im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg: Internationales Engagement in einem nationalen Konflikt/

Foreign women in the Spanish Civil War: International engagement in a national conflict

  • Renée Lugschitz (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien)

Abstract

Hundreds of women from all over the world supported the Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War. For decades their commitment had been almost forgotten, they were not more than a passing reference in the abundant literature about the Spanish Civil War – referred to as humanitarian helpers who came to Spain following their husbands. This contribution discusses the targets and experiences of these foreign female volunteers in a war in an alien country and analyses their role in the development of transnational relations – refuting the traditional gender role model. It will be illustrated how women – in the medical service, at the militias, in logistics and administration, as translators and reporters – fought for their political convictions risking health and life. Many of the networks formed in Spain survived the following years and due to them some Spanienkämpferinnen could be saved from death in the extermination camps of the national socialists.

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Published

2018

How to Cite

Lugschitz, R. (2018). Ausländerinnen im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg: Internationales Engagement in einem nationalen Konflikt/ Foreign women in the Spanish Civil War: International engagement in a national conflict. Comparativ, 28(1), 48–64. https://doi.org/10.26014/j.comp.2018.01.03