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I found out about the Spanish war because I was in Germany when it began.
Martha Gellhorn
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Martha Gellhorn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1908
Born: November 8
Died: 1998
Died: February 15
Journalist
Novelist
War Correspondent
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St. Louis
Missouri
Martha Ellis Gellhorn
Found
Spanish
Germany
Began
War
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