Visual Index (Entire Poster Collection)   Chronology of the War
Lists of References  Afterword: Herbert R. Southworth Collection
¡Esto es el fascismo! miseria... destrucción... persecución... y
muerte  [This is fascism! Misery, destruction, persecution and
death]. Socorro Rojo Internacional. Signed: Padial. Socorro Rojo
de España, Comisión de Propaganda. Lit. S. Dura Socializada,
U.G.T. C.N.T. Valencia. Photographic print and lithograph, 4
colors; 100 x 71 cm.  This poster was issued by Socorro Rojo
Internacional. Established in Spain in 1934, SRI was one of the
many international organizations that provided essential
services and supplies to war-torn nations. A powerful
denunciation of the fascists in Spain, this poster illustrates
the agenda of the Russian-dominated Communists who wanted to
support the Spanish Loyalists without appearing revolutionary.
Fearing the increasing threat of Germany under Hitler, Stalin
did not want to alienate democratic nations like England, France
and the United States by h