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A poster relating to the potential slaughter of Republicans Spaniards at the end of the Spanish Civil War

1939
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The French attitude toward Republicans during the Spanish Civil War was hesitant and ambivalent; the government of France did not lend them direct support and eventually recognized Francisco Franco’s Nationalist state instead. In late May 1939, at the end of the war, an estimated half a million Spanish refugees crossed over into France. Most of those people were placed in concentration camps. Addressing the threat that ninety-five thousand people might be sent back to Spain—and to their certain deaths—this poster demands a stop to their forced return.



La actitud francesa hacia los republicanos durante la guerra civil española fue dubitativa y ambivalente. El Gobierno de Francia no les prestó ayuda directa y acabó reconociendo el Estado nacionalista de Francisco Franco. A finales de mayo de 1939, al término de la contienda, se estima que medio millón de refugiados españoles atravesaron la frontera para huir a Francia y, en su mayor parte, fueron confinados en campos de concentración. En respuesta a la amenaza de que noventa y cinco mil de estos refugiados fueran devueltos a España, donde les esperaba una muerte segura, esta octavilla exige que ese regreso forzoso no se produzca.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A poster relating to the potential slaughter of Republicans Spaniards at the end of the Spanish Civil War
  • Artist: José Chávez Morado (Mexican, 1909–2002)
  • Publisher: ? Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
  • Date: 1939
  • Medium: Linocut and letterpress on pink paper (relief printing) backed in linen
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/16 × 17 1/8 in. (33.5 × 43.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.503
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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