ICRC, Spanish Civil War Guerre d'Espagne (C ESCI)

Identifier
irn88163
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.303
  • RG-58.031
Dates
1 Jan 1936 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • Spanish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn88163

Extent and Medium

39,223 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Fabrizio Bensi

Biographical History

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.

Archival History

International Committee of the Red Cross

Acquisition

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.

Scope and Content

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, in particular its work to identify prisoners and missing persons, facilitate prisoner exchanges, reunite families, and convey personal messages. Contains prisoner lists sent to the ICRC, personal messages conveyed by the ICRC, and lists compiled from family inquiries, among other records. This collection is complimentary to RG-58.030. Procès-verbaux de la Commission d'Espagne (B CR 212 PV): Minutes of the Commission of Spain.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in three series: 1. Statistics, correspondence and reports, 1937-1940; 2. Various lists of prisoners, children, and lists of evacuees, 1936-1939; 3. Alphabetical files for individuals, 1936-1939.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: International Committee of the Red Cross

Corporate Bodies

  • International Committee of the Red Cross

Subjects

  • Civilians in war--Spain--History--20th century.
  • Emigration and immigration--Spain--1936-1940.
  • War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.
  • Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.
  • Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Refugees--Europe.
  • Spain--Social conditions--1886-1939.
  • Humanitarian assistance--Spain.
  • Spain
  • Refugees--Spanish--Europe--1936-1940--Registers.
  • Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Civilian relief.
  • Prisoners and prisons--Registers.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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