Spanish Civil War /History
SCW 432Broadside announcing that Sam Dolgoff will speak to the New Haven Friends of the C.N.T. on the Resurgence of the C.N.T. Size 20x36cm. M
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Note: From Wikipedia: Sam Dolgoff (1902–1990) was an anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist from Russia who grew up and lived and was active in the United States. Dolgoff was born in the shtetl of Ostrovno in Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (in present-day Beshankovichy Raion, Belarus), moving as a child to New York City in 1905 or 1906, where he lived in the Bronx and in Manhattan's Lower East Side where he died. His father was a house painter, and Dolgoff began house painting at the age of 11, a profession he remained in his entire life. After being expelled from the Young People's Socialist League, Sam joined the Industrial Workers of the World in the 1922 and remained an active member his entire life, playing an active role in the anarchist movement for much of the century. He was a co-founder of the Libertarian Labor Review magazine, which was later renamed Anarcho-Syndicalist Review to avoid confusion with America's Libertarian Party. Dolgoff was a member of the Chicago Free Society Group in the 1920s, Vanguard Group member and editor of its publication Vanguard: A Journal of Libertarian Communism in the 1930s, and co-founded the Libertarian League in New York in 1954. He wrote articles for anarchist magazines as well as books as the editor of highly acclaimed anthologies. He was active in many causes, and attended groups like New York's Libertarian Book Club regularly. Dogloff died of congestive heart failure at the age of 88 in 1990.
Auca titled “ Auca de la Llutta I Del Milicia”, or, Auca of the Fighting Militia. It discusses how the Civil War started and that the young people want to fight and are willing to die fighting fascism. It warns of having to be careful of fascist spies. Frame 33 shows a rain of airplanes paid by the criminal patriots (nationalists). Women are fighting at the front line, everyone is fighting together. Workers are not slaves and are free, glory to the new heroes who have brought us a new way of living and a new sun. Written in Catalan and published by the Comissariat de Propaganda de la Generalitat de Catalunya. M AH
Note: An auca is a graphic format popular in Spain and especially in the region of Catalonia around Barcelona. The genre dates at least to the 17th century but was banned during the 18th century before experiencing a renewal during the 19th and later the 20th centuries as a uniquely Catalonian form of expression. It takes the form of a cartoon or a comic strip, typically with 48 blocks of image and text, although some may have less. An auca is generally produced as a single sheet, but occasionally a booklet form is used. The captions tend to have some sort of consistent rhyme to assist with the flow and storytelling. Many times the term “auca” appears in the title, but another term, “aleluya,” is used, apparently interchangeably. Some sources indicate that the aleluya originated in Castile and originally included religious elements that were shed over time. Auca was a very popular form of anti-Nationalist propaganda during the Civil War.
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Auca titled “Aleluyas sin Censura de la Vida un Poco Dura con Macula y con Borron de un Soberano Borbon”. It is critical of King Alfonso XIII. It discusses the development of his life. Baptised and crowned, Cuba was his first shock, he was happy to be in Paris, victim of terrorism, married an English princess, there was an explosion at the wedding, neutrality in WW1. His soldiers go to Morocco and are starving and ill equipped while he plays polo. His party is elected to power even though the people paid 11 million pts to the royal family. In Melila the victories are more notorious each time while the Bourbons continue to win sailing cups. He goes hunting while the Morocco swallows cannons, arms and men. Primo de Rivera wants to create a coup to restructure everything. If the public disagrees with the king they are taken away. The King and the military look after each other but in the end the King is alone. Sanchez Guerra goes against him, the King takes his money to London. Any dissenters go to prison, the military is not happy, Macia and Zamora see the Republic coming. In the end not even the Civil Guard protect him and has to leave the country. M
Note: An auca is a graphic format popular in Spain and especially in the region of Catalonia around Barcelona. The genre dates at least to the 17th century but was banned during the 18th century before experiencing a renewal during the 19th and later the 20th centuries as a uniquely Catalonian form of expression. It takes the form of a cartoon or a comic strip, typically with 48 blocks of image and text, although some may have less. An auca is generally produced as a single sheet, but occasionally a booklet form is used. The captions tend to have some sort of consistent rhyme to assist with the flow and storytelling. Many times the term “auca” appears in the title, but another term, “aleluya,” is used, apparently interchangeably. Some sources indicate that the aleluya originated in Castile and originally included religious elements that were shed over time. Auca was a very popular form of anti-Nationalist propaganda during the Civil War.
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AUCA titled “Como el Fascio se Derrumba Frente al Valor Espanol, o de la Cuna a la Tumba” which loosely translates to “The Fascists Collapse in Front of Spanish Values, or the Cradle to the Tomb”. It is a comment on fascism imported from Italy and Germany, showing how it was practiced in Ethiopia by the Italians and then came to Spain, along with Nazism. In the end though fascism will be defeated in Spain. m AH
Note: An auca is a graphic format popular in Spain and especially in the region of Catalonia around Barcelona. The genre dates at least to the 17th century but was banned during the 18th century before experiencing a renewal during the 19th and later the 20th centuries as a uniquely Catalonian form of expression. It takes the form of a cartoon or a comic strip, typically with 48 blocks of image and text, although some may have less. An auca is generally produced as a single sheet, but occasionally a booklet form is used. The captions tend to have some sort of consistent rhyme to assist with the flow and storytelling. Many times the term “auca” appears in the title, but another term, “aleluya,” is used, apparently interchangeably. Some sources indicate that the aleluya originated in Castile and originally included religious elements that were shed over time. Auca was a very popular form of anti-Nationalist propaganda during the Civil War.
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Two manuscripts from an Italian soldier that fought at Guadalahara and Santander. Typed. One is 25 pages, the other is 12 pages. He must have gone on to fight in Russia with the Azul Division because there are 2 pages devoted to Russia. He writes in prose with nothing that appears to be a daily entry. I suspect he was writing a book as there are also many handwritten edits. M
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Auca published in 1937 in Catalunya. It reads: "De com en Gep i la Rossa van prendre tranquil·lament cafè i copa a Saragossa" How Gep and Rossa drank a cup of coffee in Zaragoza). This auca tells the story of Gep and Rossa, two young workers in love from Catalunya, helping to fight the fascist rebels in the first days of the civil war in Barcelona and then they continue and travel to fight them in Aragón. But then, Gep needs to have a cup of coffee to keep fighting, so he and Rossa decide to enter Zaragoza, a town dominated by fascist-nazi-franco troops, to drink that cup of coffee. So they dress up like moroccans and go to town. When they're having coffee they find themselves in a banquet/feast for military and religious bosses. Gep feels like doing something against then and they end up by changing the cakes for some kind of rubbish so when all the fascists realize what they're eating a big mess happens while Gep and Rossa escape. Size 35x52cm. Good condition. AH
Note: An auca is a graphic format popular in Spain and especially in the region of Catalonia around Barcelona. The genre dates at least to the 17th century but was banned during the 18th century before experiencing a renewal during the 19th and later the 20th centuries as a uniquely Catalonian form of expression. It takes the form of a cartoon or a comic strip, typically with 48 blocks of image and text, although some may have less. An auca is generally produced as a single sheet, but occasionally a booklet form is used. The captions tend to have some sort of consistent rhyme to assist with the flow and storytelling. Many times the term “auca” appears in the title, but another term, “aleluya,” is used, apparently interchangeably. Some sources indicate that the aleluya originated in Castile and originally included religious elements that were shed over time. Auca was a very popular form of anti-Nationalist propaganda during the Civil War.
Price: $600.00
Medal award document for an Italian soldier named Dante Cladini. It was awarded in 1938 by the Spanish Ministero de Defensa Nacional. Original medal with ribbon included. Size 25x36cm. It is rare to find such documents complete with medal for an Italian soldier fighting in Spain. M
Price: $700.00