Counter-Revolutionary Humanitarianism: The French General Consulate in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War (1936–9)
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Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War refugees in France France Francoism Humanitarianism Diplomacy Consular and diplomatic services Intelligence Studies BarcelonaSujets proches
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Nathan Rousselot, « Counter-Revolutionary Humanitarianism: The French General Consulate in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War (1936–9) », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10.1017/S096077732500013X
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Concerned by the revolutionary violence that spread in Catalonia after the failed military coup of 17 and 18 July 1936 led to civil war, France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Quai d’Orsay) appointed veteran ‘front-line’ consuls in Barcelona. These consuls had already experienced revolutionary events during the Russian civil wars; however, their prior experience shaped their interpretation of the Spanish Civil War, leading them to fear a Bolshevik contagion beyond the Pyrenees border. Their bias thus shaped the French general consulate’s humanitarian action in Barcelona. Far from being strictly neutral and impartial, it adopted a resolutely counter-revolutionary stance.
