Revealed: Soviet spies targeted George Orwell during Spanish civil war

Newly unearthed files reveal that the author and his wife were under Soviet surveillance while fighting in civil war

They had a common enemy in General Franco’s fascist-backed army, but that did not stop legions of communists, revolutionaries and anarchists in 1930s Spain warring among themselves, fuelled by internecine rivalries and paranoia.

Now, new evidence has emerged that one of the most famous international fighters on the Republican side of the Spanish civil war was under surveillance by communist military intelligence.

Continue reading...