[Leica] Cuba and Spanish Civil War

[philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)]

Lluis Ripoll wrote:

> I don't kow who has said that Cuban was implied in the Spanish Civil  
> War. as far as I know it was not Cubans fihting in the Spanish Civil  
> War.
>
> The Spanish Civil War was from 1936 - 1939, Cuban Revolution 1959. On  
> the Spanish Civil war it was some great american people who cames 
> here  voluntary to fight against the fascism, if I'm not wrong, 
> Hemingway  was one of these, at least he wrote a book "Por quien doban 
> las  campanas" 

Title in English is: For whom tolls the bell
A wonderful 'novel' !
I've read it four or five times, along with Fiesta, and Death in the 
Afternoon.

The Old man and the Lumix ;-)


> (I'm sorry I don't know the English title), after it was a  film with 
> Gary Cooper, this film was of course prrohibited in Spain  during the 
> Franco's dictature.
>
> I've never been in Cuba, I know many people has visited, the people 
> is  poor but Cubans are a great people, as well the American, Spanish, 
> or  any other in the world. The people is one thing and the political  
> circumstances is another thing. My wife and her family has a Cuban  
> origin and I have heard many things about the Revolution and Cuba, 
> and  want visit it too.
>
> Beside these comments I think that Tina's sensibility and eye will  
> produce really great images, I'm already impatient to see it, TINA go  
> soon and show us soon your pictures..., finally this is the main  
> reason of the LUG.
>
> Saludos cordiales
> Lluis
>
>
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