One Flea Jump Decided Which Madrid Neighborhoods Starved
20th Century

One Flea Jump Decided Which Madrid Neighborhoods Starved

A single flea jump in 1937 Madrid decided which neighborhoods would starve and which would feast during the longest siege of the Spanish Civil War.

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Spanish Civil WarMadrid20th CenturyBubonic PlagueFrancisco FrancoMedical HistoryUrban WarfareClass ConflictEpidemiologyDisease Transmission

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