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workingclasshistory: “On this day, 23 December 1961, Dutch Spanish civil war volunteer Fanny Schoonheyt, known as “la reina de la ametralladora” – the queen of the machine gun – died. She was the only female fighter from the Netherlands who fought...

workingclasshistory:

On this day, 23 December 1961, Dutch Spanish civil war volunteer Fanny Schoonheyt, known as “la reina de la ametralladora” – the queen of the machine gun – died. She was the only female fighter from the Netherlands who fought against General Franco’s fascists. She went to the Aragon front and served until she was wounded in action.
In this podcast we tell the story of the Spanish civil war: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/07/29/spanish-civil-war-podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1300927053425775/?type=3

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