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Hello everyone and welcome to the history of the Second World War.

On this episode of our Spanish Civil War interview series, I was joined by Jessica Thorn

to discuss the treatment and experiences of prisoners during the Civil War and after.

Discussing prisoners during a civil war is always interesting

because their experiences are often quite different than what is

experienced by more traditional prisoners of war. There was a political dimension for why they

were in prison during the war and then why they were kept in prisons after the war was over,

and we discussed that dimension and the consequences of it during this interview. I hope you

enjoy it. Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Spanish Civil War interview series.

Today I'm here with Jess Thorn, a PhD researcher with a special emphasis on anarchist prisoners in post-Civil War Spain.

Jess, how's it going today?

Yeah, it's going okay.

I mean, two weeks into lockdown 2.0, which is, I'm kind of feeling the pinch now. It was kind of, it was a

novel, a bit of a novelty. I mean, it's terrifying, but it was a novelty back in April, also it

was kind of warm. Now it's cold and damp. And between those periods of time, I've also moved on to a barge, which is, you know,

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