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Negrin, Juan.

This is also another interesting person I found. Juan Negrin was a writer who wrote several articles which were found in the file as well. One was titled "The Spanish Problem" which was about how Spain had it's own pride and how they want no outside aid. It discusses that people used the Civil War in Spain as a scapegoat for fighting "The Red Legend" in Spain for a Cmomunist cause. This was highly...I don't know how to descirbe it. Blasphemic?

Then he writes another article titled "League of Nations must find solution" which was about how before the actual civil war, the SPanish Republic knew that the rebel army was being created yet they didn't "care". It also states that people who came over didn't know what they were getting themselves into and thought that they would just be doing this glorious thing. (Which is tottally wrong. People were individually affected by the idea of facism, not JUSt for the communist cause; they truly wanted to help and were scared of facism taking over".

So then the interesting part comes here. THere are two different views of Negirn. One is said that Negrin was just a compelte liar and a bad man. in fact he was expelled as a miltatnat by the Spanish Socialist Party.

Another states that his reputation had been unjustly besmirched since the start of the war.

In my opinion, I feel like Negrin was probably just a really cynical man. I mean, of course I don't agree with what he said but if that's how he felt abou tthe war and those who came over to help, well then that's how he felt.

I really liked this folder because it contained two different sides of the opinions. Usually these people are portrayed as courages men with amazing morals yet here's this man, who seems to be the complete opposite. It's a nice change.