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Release of Katixa Agirre historical novel

Overview

Author Katixa Agirre has released a historical espionage novel titled ‘Servicio interior’. The work is based on the true story of the Red Álava, a clandestine information network composed of four women: Bittori Etxeberria, Itziar Mujika, Delia Laurobay, and Tere Verdes.

Operating during the Spanish Civil War, the Franco regime, and the Nazi occupation, these women maintained the appearance of ordinary lives while transporting messages and assisting prisoners. The narrative explores how their resistance began through traditional roles, such as providing food to prisoners, before evolving into a structured intelligence operation.

The story is set in locations including a Haussmann-style mansion in Paris that served as the Basque Government in exile headquarters between 1937 and 1940. Agirre’s work aims to recover historical memory by highlighting the roles of women in resistance movements that are often “omitted from standard history books.”

Entities

Katixa Agirre · Red Álava · Tusquets · Basque Government

Timeline

  1. [CULTURE] 3 sources
    Katixa Agirre explores the Red Álava spy network in new novel

    Writer Katixa Agirre’s new novel, ‘Servicio interior’, recounts the true story of the Red Álava, a secret resistance network of women who acted as spies during a historical conflict.

  2. [CULTURE] 3 sources
    Katixa Agirre releases historical espionage novel ‘Servicio interior’

    Katixa Agirre’s new novel, ‘Servicio interior’, dramatizes the true story of four women in the Red Álava who operated a clandestine spy network during the Spanish Civil War and Nazi occupation.

Sources

deia.eus · elplacerdelalectura.com · ep01.epimg.net · historia.nationalgeographic.com.es · noticiasdeNavarra.com · revistamercurio.es