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El Árbol De La Vida(The tree of life) The Red Cross during the Spanish Civil War 1936–1939

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Françoise Perret
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 34 , Issue 298 , February 1994 , pp. 78 - 81
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1994

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1 Clemente, Josep Carles, El árbol de la vida — La Cruz Roja en la guerra civil española, 1936–1939, ENE Publications, Publicidad SA, Madrid, 1993, 252 pp.Google Scholar

2 In this connection, the author points out that the account given by André Durand in his book, History of the ICRC — From Sarajevo to Hiroshima, of the dismissal of General Burguete differs from that provided by Dr. Juan Morata Cantón who was Secretary General of the Spanish Red Cross during the Civil War. According to Andrel Durand, whose account is based on an interview between General Burguete and Etienne Clouzot in 1936, “… about a hundred militiamen invaded the office of the President, General Burguete, and forced him at gunpoint to sign a letter of resignation” (page 319 of the English version of André Durand's book); Dr. Cantón, quoted by Clemente on pages 49–51 of his book, says that he went with Dr. Haro to the headquarters of the Spanish Red Cross, showed General Burguete the government's order for him to resign and the General did so without any intervention by the militia. Clemente believes that this is the correct version of the facts.