Foreign fighters from Spain’s Civil War identified by the hundreds

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Researchers digging into Spain’s past have found a way to identify foreign fighters who died there during the Spanish Civil War. Hundreds of members of the International Brigades, from Germany, Austria, and other parts of Europe, have remained anonymous for nearly a century, but now, researchers are finally able to start identifying some of them. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.

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