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World Service,18 Aug 2010,10 mins

The death of poet Federico Garcia Lorca

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At the start of the Spanish Civil War, the poet Federico Garcia Lorca, was murdered by local fascists in the Andalucian city of Granada. Witness find out why they wanted to murder Spain's greatest writer.

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