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Swiss parliament pardons Spanish civil war fighters

March 12, 2009

The Swiss parliament has voted to pardon Swiss citizens who fought during the Spanish civil war. In the 1930’s hundreds joined the Spanish republican army to fight Franco – and were arrested on their return.

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