Texaco Oil Sales To Franco
What company was Torkild Rieber the CEO of?
Texaco
What were the volunteers from the German military who travelled to Spain called?
Condor Legion
The Spanish Civil War was won by which faction in this year.
The Nationalists won in 1939.
Where is Guernica located?
In the Basque country of Spain.
When and where was Lorca born?
On June 5, 1898 in Granada, Spain
Who supplied Francisco Franco with oil and fuel, in the Spanish Civil War?
Torkild Rieber
How many men did Germany supply for the war?
16,000 men
Name 3 people who were essential to Franco's power.
Torkild Reiber, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini
What is one example of the symbols in the "Guernica" and what did it symbolize?
The light symbolized the bombs that fell on Guernica.
What were the themes that Lorca used in his first book of poems published in 1821?
religious faith, isolation, and nature
Which president was aware that Torkild Rieber was sending oil to Francisco Franco but did nothing to prosecute him?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Why were the Nazis' hostile towards the Catholics?
Most Catholics supported the German Centre Party
In what year was Franco promoted to general? How old was he?
In 1926, he was 33.
Why did Picasso paint the "Guernica"?
He wanted to show the chaos and horrors of the bombing in Guernica.
Who mainly influenced Lorca in his career and in what?
His mother Lorca Romero who was a teacher that influenced Lorca in literature
How was the oil that Texaco sent to the nationalists used?
The oil was used by tanks, bomber pilots, and submarine captains
What was Hitler's public justification for providing military support to the Nationalists?
His desire to prevent communism taking hold in Western Europe.
Where did he first train as a soldier?
The Infantry Academy
Why are there animals and humans suffering in the painting?
The bombing in Guernica occurred on a market day where everyone was out selling and buying goods including animals.
What was his first theoretical play called? and what was it about?
It was called “El maleficio de una mariposa" It was about the impossible love between a butterfly and a cockroach
What did the captains do, at sea, with Texaco's oil aboard the ship?
They sealed orders and re-directed them to ports in nationalist Spain
What demands did Franco make that Adolf Hitler did not approve of?
Large amounts of food, military supplies and foreign territory for committing Spain to the war.
Name the dates he was born and died.
December 4th, 1892, to November 20th, 1975
What major event lead up to the bombing of Guernica and who were the leaders of the two Nationalist groups involved.
The Nazis and Italian military flew Franco and his Army of Africa from Morocco to Spain. Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazis and Benito Mussolini was the leader of Italy's military.
What caused the death of Federico Garcia Lorca?
During the Spanish Civil war he was arrested and shot to death by supporters of General Francisco Franco (the Fascists) because Spain didn’t accept that the greatest Spanish poet of all time was homosexual.