An evening #Gellhorn thread. She wrote these words to her mother, her moral “true north” in 1938, after reporting on the German-Jewish refugee crisis in Prague.

Martha #Gellhorn went to Spain in March 1937 as “an act of solidarity” because Spaniards were “standing up to Hitler via Franco.” She “didn’t go to write;” she went to BE there. David Seymour

While in Madrid, staying at the Hotel Florida with other foreign correspondents, #Gellhorn began writing about the citizens. Collier’s published “High Explosive for Everyone,” thereby beginning her storied career as a war correspondent. 1937, unknown photographer.

#Gellhorn met combat photographer Robert #Capa during the Spanish Civil War. She considered him “a real brother” & after his accidental death she wrote, “I miss him every day. It only grows.”

In 1938, back in the USA, #Gellhorn began a lecture tour to raise funds for Spanish citizens who had become refugees in their own country. There are several letters from her to Mrs. Roosevelt about their plight.

By 1939, #Gellhorn had found the run-down finca at San Francisco de Paula, Cuba, rented it for $100/month & paid for its renovations to make it inhabitable with her Collier’s money. #Hemingway joined her there.