With Knitting Needles Against War and Fascism

The clatter of knitting needles was the background music when the women met in the evenings. They knitted clothes together for the war-torn mothers and children in Spain. The civil war there was entering its first winter, and the need was great. To help the Spanish sisters, the women in Switzerland resorted to what was at their disposal: knitting needles. They had raised the money for the wool by selling biscuits, oranges, candles, flowers and c…