La tasca de salvament de vides del Consolat italià de Barcelona (juliol-novembre 1936). Evacuacions d’italians, catalans i milers d’estrangers

Authors

Arnau Gonzàlez i Vilalta Università Autonoma di Barcellona

Keywords:

Barcelona, Italian Consulate, Evacuation, Civil War, Violence

Abstract

The life rescue activity of the Italian consulate in Barcelona (July-November 1936). Evacuations of Italians, Catalans and thousands of foreigners

As a result of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, foreigners and Spaniards fled from the Republican area. At that time, when Barcelona and Catalonia hosted more than half of the Italian expatriates who lived in Spain, the Italian consulate played a crucial role in the evacuation of those who were most involved in fascism or in business. Moreover, the evacuation operations coordinated by consul Carlo Bossi, just like those of French consuls, helped thousand of Catalans and Spaniards flee. These exiles, who mainly belonged to conservative groups, were running away from the country due to their loss of social and political control, as well as threats and murders that were being committed against them.

Received: 09-03-2013

Author Biography

Arnau Gonzàlez i Vilalta, Università Autonoma di Barcellona

Arnau Gonzàlez i Vilalta ha conseguito nel 2006 il dottorato in Storia presso l’Università Autonoma di Barcellona, dove insegna dallo stesso anno. Ha studiato vari aspetti del nazionalismo catalano nel periodo tra le due guerre mondiali, compiendo alcune incursioni nel secondo dopoguerra. Ha pubblicato: La nació imaginada. Els fonaments dels Països Catalans, 1931-1939 (València, Afers, 2006); Els diputats catalans a les Corts Constituents republicanes, 1931-1933 (Barcelona, Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, 2006); La irrupció de la dona en el catalanisme, 1931-1936 (Barcelona, Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, 2006); La creació del mite Companys. El 6 d’octubre i la defensa de Companys per Ossorio y Gallardo, con G. Bou i Garriga (Barcelona, Editorial Base, 2007); Un catalanófilo de Madrid. Epistolario catalán de Ángel Ossorio y Gallardo, 1924-1942 (Barcellona, Servei de Publicacions de la UAB, 2007); Cataluña bajo vigilancia. El Fascio y el Consulado italiano de Barcelona, 1930-1943 (València, Publicacions de la Universitat de València, 2009); Els diputats de Catalunya a les Corts republicanes, 1933-1939 (Barcelona, Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, 2009); Lluís Companys. Un home de govern (Barcelona, Editorial Base, 2009); De com es guanyen els vots. Joan Estelrich i la circumscripció de Girona durant la II República (Palma de Mallorca, Lleonard Muntaner, 2010); La Tercera Catalunya, 1936-1940 (Barcelona, Edicions de 1984, 2013); Les Joventuts d’Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, 1973-2013 (Barcelona, Editorial Base, 2013). Con E. Ucelay-Da Cal ha coordinato il volume Contra Companys, 1936. La frustración nacionalista ante la revolución (València, Universitat de València, 2012).