Spanish Civil War Postcard 007

Item

Front of postcard (recto). Image of a group of cartoon soldiers and civilians leaving a city under attack. Behind the lines of people walking, there are soldiers shooting large canon-like weapons into the city from behind a sandbag barricade. In the background, there are buildings and several explosions. The ground is covered in snow.
Back of postcard (verso). Image of a page with text. Full text includes "No.45 Surrender of Rebels at Teruel Headed by Lieutenant Colonel Rey d'Harcourt, a force of Rebel troops and aged persons, women, and children had barricaded themselves in the old quarter of the city of Teruel in December, 1937. Making the Hospital of Asuncion their fort, they held out against a fierce Loyalist attack for seventeen days! Hard-pressed by the attackers, and later without food and water, they were driven from building to building until they reached the limit of their endurance. Finally, at 2.00 p. m. on January 7, 1938, a group numbering 500 women, children, and aged gave themselves up under amnesty terms, and were found to be in a pitiable state of exhaustion. They had had nothing to eat for over a week, and were crying for water! Many fainted after they came above ground and left the building under lash of bitter cold. The bodies of a score of women, children and old men, who had apparently starved to death, were removed from the crumbling ruins. To know the horrors of war is to want peace This is one of a series of 240 Picture Cards. Save to get them all. Picture and Text Copyright 1938, GUM, INC., Phila., Pa."

Title

Spanish Civil War Postcard 007

Rights

Because of the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the collection. Copyrights held by original creators of individual items in the collection are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA), were transferred to New York University in November 2000 by the ALBA Board of Governors. Permission to publish or reproduce ALBA materials must be secured from the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. For more information, contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu or 212-998-2630.

Type

Still Image

Creator

Tamiment Library

Date

c. 1936-1938
1980-2000s

Language

Spanish

Publisher

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archive

Identifier

tw_scp_000007
ALBA.242

Item sets

Spanish Civil War