Aged 97, Spanish Civil War veteran says 'I do not forgive, and will never forgive'

It’s been more than 81 years since the Spanish Civil War erupted on July 18, 1936, following a military coup against the democratically elected left-wing Popular Front government. Yet, Miquel Morera, now 97 and still completely lucid, seems to remember everything from the moment he received an unlikely offer from his father: to join the Catalan government’s Macià-Companys column and fight side-by-side with him to defend the Republic. Morera said yes, even though he was only 16 at the time.

Alan Ruiz Terol

July 20, 2017 09:46 PM