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¡Kultur! La Barbarie Fasciste à Madrid.

Poster
11/1936-37 (published)
Artist/Maker
Confederación Nacional Del Trabajo (National Confederation of Workers) (commissioned and published)
Association of International Workers (commissioned and published)
Simeon Durá (printers)
Muro (artist)
Place of origin
Valencia (printed)

The Spanish anarcho-syndicalist group, the C.N.T produced this poster to show the destruction resulting from the Nationalist bombing of Madrid, during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The German word for culture (kultur), accompanied by photographs arranged in the form of a Nazi swastika suggests that the culture of fascism is one of violence.

From the early beginnings of the war, General Franco and the Nationalists were supported by German Nazi and Italian fascist air support. In late November 1936, Franco ordered the bombing of Madrid as part of a major offensive to take the capital. However Nationalist forces met with violent opposition and were turned back by Republican fighters, including members of the C.N.T.

Besides this French version, Dutch and Spanish versions of this poster were also produced. The posters were probably distributed abroad, aimed at encouraging sympathizers to put pressure on their governments to intervene in the conflict.


Object details

Categories
Posters
War
Propaganda
Prints
Object type
Poster
Title¡Kultur! La Barbarie Fasciste à Madrid. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
process engraving
Printing Ink
Lithograph
Brief description
'¡Kultur! La Barbarie Fasciste à Madrid.' Spanish Civil War propaganda poster published by the C.N.T and A.I.T.; Valencia 1936-37
Physical description
Poster showing eleven numbered black and white photographs of bombing damage, arranged to form a swastika, outlined in red
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.375in
  • Width: 27.0625in
Marks and inscriptions
  • ¡Kultur!/ La Barbarie Fasciste à Madrid.
    Translation
    Culture! Fascist barbarity in Madrid
  • Nacional Comité (Sección propaganda) C.N.T A.I.T
    Translation
    National Committee (Propaganda Section) of the C.N.T and A.I.T
  • (Original in French)
    Translation
    1) Opera Square with the Opera Cinema and some houses after bombardment; 2) The bombs of factionists are used mainly against innocent children; here a poor baby lies beside other corpses killed by aerial machine-gun fire; 3) Here is what remains of the flaming Church of Saint Sebastian on Atocha Street after aerial bombardment by "nationalists" who call themselves "defenders of the Church"!; 4) The popular Globe Pharmacy on Anton Martin Street, demolished by barbarous aerial bombardment; 5) Once more, babies with their inoffensive parents at the depositing place for corpses; 6) Another view of Mayor Street, with the Cinema Pleyel; 7) Houses demolished by bombs of the pirates of the air; 8) Another view of the Globe pharmacy with Atocha Street to the right; 9) The effects of aerial bombardment of Alcala Street at the corner of the Puerta del Sol; 10) The fascist brutes do not take age into account; for them, it is a matter of killing people, even children!; 11) Detail of the market on Carmen Street, demolished by aerial bombs.
  • LIT. S DURA-VALENCIA
  • FOTOMONTAJE- MURO
Credit line
Given by the Editor of "The Studio"
Subjects depicted
Anarchism
Fascism
Civil War
Summary
The Spanish anarcho-syndicalist group, the C.N.T produced this poster to show the destruction resulting from the Nationalist bombing of Madrid, during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The German word for culture (kultur), accompanied by photographs arranged in the form of a Nazi swastika suggests that the culture of fascism is one of violence.

From the early beginnings of the war, General Franco and the Nationalists were supported by German Nazi and Italian fascist air support. In late November 1936, Franco ordered the bombing of Madrid as part of a major offensive to take the capital. However Nationalist forces met with violent opposition and were turned back by Republican fighters, including members of the C.N.T.

Besides this French version, Dutch and Spanish versions of this poster were also produced. The posters were probably distributed abroad, aimed at encouraging sympathizers to put pressure on their governments to intervene in the conflict.
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938.
  • John Tisa (Ed), The Palette and the Flame. Posters of the Spanish Civil War, (International Publishers, New York), 1979, p.122
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.200-1937

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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