Minutes of the Commission of Spain Procès-verbaux de la Commission d'Espagne (B CR 212 PV)

Identifier
irn88162
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.302
  • RG-58.030
Dates
1 Jan 1936 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • Spanish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn88162

Extent and Medium

18,533 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 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.

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.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: International Committee of the Red Cross

Corporate Bodies

  • International Committee of the Red Cross

Subjects

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

Genre

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