1. Gerda Johanne Helland Grepp was a Norwegian translator, journalist, and socialist.
11 Facts About Gerda Grepp
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Gerda Grepp was the daughter of former chairman of the Norwegian Labour Party Kyrre Grepp and journalist Rachel Grepp.
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Gerda Grepp was married to Italian-Swiss potter Mario Mascarin.
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Gerda Grepp covered the Spanish Civil War as a reporter for the Labour Party newspaper Arbeiderbladet from 1936.
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Gerda Grepp arrived in Barcelona in October 1936, as the first female reporter from Scandinavia.
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Gerda Grepp travelled to Madrid, where she experienced bombing attacks on the city.
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Gleditsch and Gerda Grepp helped organize a large-scale aid effort for Spain, based around the Norwegian labour movement.
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From May 1937 Gerda Grepp spent several weeks in the Basque Country.
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Gerda Grepp visited the Republican Basque Army defensive line called the Iron Belt, and experienced the Battle of Bilbao.
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Gerda Grepp frequently found herself in dangerous situations while in Spain.
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Gerda Grepp died of tuberculosis in German-occupied Norway on 29 August 1940,33 years old.