Overview
- Description
- Records related to the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) formed the so-called Commission d'Espagne (Commission of Spain) on August 26, 1936 which directed and coordinated all of the ICRC's humanitarian activities and operations within both the Republican and Nationalist territories. The collection covers the ICRC's humanitarian activities in Spain and consists of correspondence, reports and minutes of the Commission. Contains documentation on military and civilian prisoners, visits to the internment camps and detention facilities, relief to the civilian population, exchange of prisoners, the ICRC's relations with foreign governments and records pertaining to violations of international law.
- Alternate Title
- Minutes of the Commission of Spain
- Date
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inclusive:
1936-1950
- Collection Creator
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Biography
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a private humanitarian organization based in Geneva, Switzerland and a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate. State parties (signatories) to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 (Protocol I, Protocol II) and 2005 have given the ICRC a mandate to protect victims of international and internal armed conflicts. Such victims include war wounded, prisoners, refugees, civilians, and other non-combatants. The ICRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and 190 National Societies. It is the oldest and most honored organization within the Movement and one of the most widely recognized organizations in the world, having won three Nobel Peace Prizes in 1917, 1944, and 1963.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Photographs. Registers. Reports.
- Extent
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18,533 digital images : JPEG ; 30,33 .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in the following series: 1. B CR 212 GEN: Correspondance générale et rapports, 1936-1950; 2. B CR 212 PV: Procès-verbaux de la Commission d'Espagne, 1936-1939.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum may not make copies of the entirety of the film or digital files for third parties and not to publish or circulate a large number of documents without the written permission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The Museum may permit third parties to print out selected pages and parts of the materials for private study and research in accordance with its archival operations and its rules. The files of the ICRC contain personal, medical, legal, professional and other details that merit degree of protection. Researchers must therefore be particularly careful to respect the privacy of the individuals to whom those documents refer. The ICRC expressly draws researcher's attention to the fact that public disclosure of information that could harm a person's reputation or constitute an invasion of privacy is in breach of Article 28 of the Swiss Civil Code.
- Copyright Holder
- International Committee of the Red Cross
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Refugees--Spanish--Europe--1936-1940--Registers. Prisoners and prisons--Registers. War victims--Legal status, laws, etc. Humanitarian assistance--Spain. Emigration and immigration--Spain--1936-1940. Civilians in war--Spain--History--20th century.
- Geographic Name
- Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945. Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Refugees--Europe. Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Civilian relief. Spain--Social conditions--1886-1939. Spain
- Corporate Name
- International Committee of the Red Cross
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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International Committee of the Red Cross
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Switzerland. The original documents are kept in the Archives of ICRC in Geneva. Duplicate copies are also kept in the Historical Memory Documentary Centre (Centro Documental de la Memoria Histórica in Salamanca, Spain. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Programs in November 2014.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-05 13:27:14
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