Between propaganda and humanitarian aid: international visits to foreign prisoners in the San Pedro de Cardeña concentration camp

Authors

  • Celia Villar Oviedo University of Burgos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69791/rahc.8

Keywords:

Spanish Civil War, International Brigadists, Francoist concentration camps, San Pedro de Cardeña, visits

Abstract

The Francoist camp of San Pedro de Cardeña was chosen in April 1938 as a concentration camp for foreign prisoners of war. The international character of the captives attracted the attention of diplomats, correspondents, delegates and representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Their visits contributed to improve the conditions of their captivity and eased their repatriation. However, this aid was not extended to brigadists from authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. Visits by journalists sympathetic to the new regime spread a benevolent vision of the concentration camp that was highly advantageous for Franco’s propaganda.

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Alcores 2022 Nº26

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Published

2023-06-26

How to Cite

Villar Oviedo, Celia. 2023. “Between Propaganda and Humanitarian Aid: International Visits to Foreign Prisoners in the San Pedro De Cardeña Concentration Camp”. Alcores: Revista De Historia Contemporánea, no. 26 (June):171-86. https://doi.org/10.69791/rahc.8.

Issue

No. 26 (2022)

Section

Varia

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Copyright (c) 2023 Celia Villar Oviedo

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