Barca Blaugranes · Jun 16, 2017
Off-the-radar: The Szymanowski siblings - united in struggle
In light of Barcelona women's fixture today against Valencia, this is the story of Valencia striker Marianela Szymanowski and her brother Alexander.
For almost three years, Guadarrama was the battlefront of the Spanish Civil War in Madrid. The town was completely destroyed - and therefore completely rebuilt into a tourist resort. An artificial town with all signs of history removed.
Their dad’s pizzeria in Buenos Aires was held up at gun-point. Having to rebuild their lives, 12-year-old Alexander and 10-year-old Marianela, along with their parents and their other 9-year-old sister Melani, came to this town in northwestern Madrid to start anew.