Veterans of the Spanish Civil War who died in 2014
The following is a list of known veterans of the Spanish Civil War (17 July 1936 – 1 April 1939) who died in 2014.
Veterans listed by date of death
Name |
Rank/Regiment/Corps |
Nationality |
Born |
Died |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ginestà, Marina |
International Brigade |
France |
29 January 1919 |
6 January 2014 (94) |
Wounded at the end of the war, later lived in the Dominican Republic. |
Hovan, John |
Abraham Lincoln Brigade |
United States |
19 May 1916 |
25 March 2014 (97) |
Served as a Transport driver. Granted Spanish honorary citizenship on 9 July 2009. |
Hoffman, Gerhard |
International Brigade |
Austria |
1921 |
9 July 2014 |
Joined in 1934, took part in the Battle of Barcelona |
Landauer, Hans |
International Brigade |
Austria |
19 July 2014 (93) |
Joined on 12 February 1937. Wounded on 4 September 1937, in Fuendetodos. Arrested in November 1940 and sent to Dachau concentration camp. Lived in Oberwaltersdorf. |
|
Sierra, Luis de la |
Nationalist Navy |
Spain |
11 October 2014 |
Volunteered in 1937. Served on board the cruiser Almirante Cervera. After the war, he became a Spanish Navy officer. He was a notable naval historian, author of at least seven books about naval warfare. |
|
Scholz, Günther |
Nationalist Navy |
Germany |
24 October 2014 (102) |
Joined Navy in 1934. Commander of the 54th JG during World War II. Recipient of the German Cross in Gold. Writer. |
See also
- List of surviving veterans of the Spanish Civil War