Facing Fascism
Mar 23 through Aug 12
Museum of the City of New York
103rd Street and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan
“No men ever entered the earth more honorably than those who died in Spain,” wrote Ernest Hemingway in 1939. Between the years of 1936-1939, an estimated 1,000 Americans, many from New York, died fighting to protect the elected government of the Spanish Republic against a rebellion led by General Francisco Franco and backed by Hitler and Mussolini. Facing Fascism: New York and the Spanish Civil War examines the role that New Yorkers played in the conflict, as well as the political and social ideologies that motivated them to participate in activities ranging from rallying support, fundraising, and relief aid, to fighting–and sometimes dying–on the front lines in Spain. The stories of these New Yorkers will be told through photographs, letters, uniforms, weapons, and an array of personal and historical memorabilia.
A jacket worn by a soldier in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
"Send us smokes. American cigarettes for American fighters in Spain."
"Throw a pack for the boys."
Comments (2)
It is so hard to be a Pacifist when things like the situations in WWII
happen.. and yet how can being dead help humanity?
Not your own personal humanity, at least topchoices99.