The International Committee of the Red Cross: the possible diplomatic recognition of Catalonia and the humanitarian effects on the Catalan political developments (1936-1939)

Authors

  • Arnau Gonzàlez Vilalta

Keywords:

Spanish Civil War, Catalonia, International Red Cross

Abstract

The Spanish Civil War(1936-1939)involved the majorityof European states in one or an other way, but it is also true that would do it with a political and neutral international organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). In order to mitigate the humanitarian impacton the civilian population, the Swiss organization deployeda wide range of activities through out the war.This action became of great importance in Catalonia through the Barcelona delegation that collaborated actively with the Catalan Government and the Consular Corps. Just pursuing the signature of an agreement withall the parties to the conflict to facilitate the possible evacuation of non combatant population is poised to foster international recognition (indirect) of Catalonia.The agreement was frustrated by the refusal of Largo Caballero and Franco, and impossibilities the decreasing of conflict victims.

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Author Biography

Arnau Gonzàlez Vilalta

Professor del Departament d’Història Moderna i Contemporània de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Les seves principals monografies publicades han estat dedicades a l’estudi del nacionalisme català d’entreguerres en obres com: La nació imaginada. Els fonaments dels Països Catalans (1931-1939) (2006); Els diputats de Catalunya a les Corts Constituents (1931-1933), (2006); La creació del mite Companys (2008); Un catalanófilo de Madrid. Epistolario catalán de Ángel Ossorio y Gallardo (1924-1942) (2008); Cataluña bajo vigilancia. El Fascio y el Consulado italiano de Barcelona (1930-1943) (2009); Els diputats catalans a les Corts republicanes (1933-1939) (2009); De com es guanyen els vots. Joan Estelrich i la circumscripció de Girona durant la II República (2009) o Contra Companys, 1936. La frustración nacionalista ante la Revolución (2012). En aquests moments està treballant en una monografia sobre la mirada internacional de la Catalunya en guerra.

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How to Cite

Gonzàlez Vilalta, A. (2015). The International Committee of the Red Cross: the possible diplomatic recognition of Catalonia and the humanitarian effects on the Catalan political developments (1936-1939). Segle XX, Revista Catalana d’Història, (7), 33–52. Retrieved from https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/segleXX/article/view/11236

Issue

No. 7 (2014)

Section

Researches and essays

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