In the summer, it has been eighty years since Spanish military forces under General Franco began their uprising against the Republic, thus igniting the Spanish Civil War. On this occasion, the present anthology has been created. The editor, Erich Hackl, writes: "In a few years, no one will be left who connects personal experiences with these events; and anyone who wants to witness the first long, bitter, and most intense defensive struggle against fascism, under seemingly completely changed political conditions, will have to rely on the literature that emerged in response to these events. It provides, more accurately than a historical work, insights into what people hoped for at the time, what they gained and lost, and what could have been possible." The volume gathers 46 texts, stories, and reports from German-speaking writers.