Spanish Civil War
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The first task is to win the war (Spanish poster, 1936)
Text: The first task is to win the war. Year: 1936. Publisher: Madrid Defence Council. Artist: Kantos.Additional information: Spanish poster from the Spanish Civil War showing five hands holding up their bayonets against Republican flags. Clockwise from top left, the flags appear to be those of the anarchist CNT-FAI, the Communists, the Unified Socialist Youth…
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Arriba España (Spanish poster, ca. 1938)
Text: ‘Spain, One, Great and Free. Spain, Arise!’ Visible graffiti includes: UGT (General Union of Workers), UHP (a Republican slogan, ‘Unios de Hermanos Proletarios’), CNT (National Confederation of Labor), FAI (Iberian Anarchist Federation) and ‘Viva Russia!’. Year: Undated, circa 1938. Publisher: Press and Propaganda, Mural Section. Artist: NA. Additional information: NA.
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Roman Holiday in the Spanish Bull Ring (American illustration, 1938)
Text: Roman Holiday in the Spanish Bull Ring. Year: 1938. Publisher: Ken. Artist: Derso & Kelen. Additional information: The illustration depicts Spain personified as a bull, symbolizing the nation, being slain by weapons representing various factions of the Spanish Civil War. The bull is impaled with a sickle, a swastika-handled sword, a star-and-crescent sword, a…
