Author Archive for James D. Fernández

Strife in the Colonia: Pro-Franco Spaniards in Wartime New York (2)

January 26, 2011
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Strife in the Colonia:  Pro-Franco Spaniards in Wartime New York (2)

Two images of political strife in Little Spain (West 14th St) during the Spanish Civil War.
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Strife in the Colonia: Pro-Franco Spaniards in Wartime New York (1)

January 25, 2011
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Strife in the Colonia:  Pro-Franco Spaniards in Wartime New York (1)

As the war in Spain dragged on, divisions among the Spaniards in New York became more and more pronounced.  The pro-Republican paper “Frente Popular” regularly “outed” the city’s Spaniards who were pro-Franco or insufficiently pro-Republic. “Figures of the Spanish Colony of NY, who, because they are fascists are in part responsible for the horrible...
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New York’s Spaniards and the Spanish Civil War

January 24, 2011
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New York’s Spaniards and the Spanish Civil War

s many of you know, the photo exhibition which I curated, "La colonia:  A photo album of Spanish Immigrants in New York, 1898 - 1945," has been up at NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center since September.  I'm delighted to announce that the show has been held over until May. The show...
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General Miaja in Brooklyn

January 23, 2011
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General Miaja in Brooklyn

In my family's photo albums is this shot of General Miaja (seated with round spectacles) --leader of the defense of Madrid-- in the living room of the Brooklyn home of my grandparents at some point during the Spanish Civil War.
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Mystery Photo: 
Gift to Obama Puts ALBA in the Spotlight

March 6, 2010
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Mystery Photo: 
Gift to Obama Puts ALBA in the Spotlight

Who is the young black International Brigadier in doughboy gear whose portrait the Spanish government hopes to give to Barack Obama? In November the Spanish press put out a worldwide call for help in identifying the man on this stunning photo by Agustí Centelles. It was a challenge we could not pass up....
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The War Before the Lights Went Out: An Interview with Helen Graham

March 6, 2010
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The War Before the Lights Went Out: An Interview with Helen Graham

On a Sunday evening in January Helen Graham, one of the most prominent English-speaking historians of twentieth-century Spain today, sat down to discuss her life-long fascination with the war, Spain’s attempts at “recovering” its historical memory, and the skewed way in which the war is still viewed by many U.S. scholars and intellectuals.
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