BARCELONA, Spain—Spanish government researchers said Sunday they had identified 357 foreign fighters who went missing during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), the conflict that foreshadowed World War II.
Researchers confirmed the names of 212 fighters from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands, according to a statement from the government Sunday. Some 102 are of German origin, 70 Austrian, and 40 Dutch. It gave no information on how many people of other nationalities had been identified.
