To keep reading

The memory of the war, in its sources

Behind the story are books, studies of the landscape and memories kept in the villages. These readings let you follow their traces.

Back to the story: the river front →

The front and its places

Pablo Schnell Quiertant, «La Guerra Civil Española en Guadalajara. Desarrollo bélico y restos materiales», in Guadalajara en guerra 1936–1939 (2007), pp. 24–36.

Guía turística del Geoparque de la Comarca de Molina-Alto Tajo (2015): the Tajo front, p. 58; Alpetea, p. 151; Saelices de la Sal, p. 262.

RECAMDER and FADETA: the region’s heritage inventory (2025), including Peralveche airfield.

Guerrillas and combatants’ memories

Alan Herchhoren Alcolea, La lucha guerrillera durante la Guerra Civil en la comarca de Molina (Guadalajara). The UCLM introduction explains its scope and notes that it includes Lino Muela Román’s memoirs.

UCLM, Memoria Democrática: Enebrá Socarrá, Abánades, on the excavations and burial of the recovered remains.

Life in the villages

The interviews and recollections kept in Hontanar and Aguaspeña continue in The war that entered people’s homes, with each story’s readings listed at the end. You can also explore the local magazine collections.

Antonio Berlanga Santamaría, La industria resinera en Guadalajara. Expansión y declive, chapter 9, pp. 345–347.

Antonio Martínez Mansilla, «Los viejos labradores», Aguaspeña 20 (2013), pp. 10–11.

Pedro José Pradillo y Esteban, «El Puente Romano de Zaorejas. Un acueducto imperial en proceso de ruina», Wad-Al-Hayara 20 (1993), pp. 65–66.