While at War

The story

Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.

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• #spanish second republic (1931-39)
• #1930s
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• #portrait of an artist
• #franco regime (francoism)
• #law and ethics
• #spanish history
• #salamanca, spain
• #spanish civil war (1936-39)