David Seymour | Spanish Civil War Soldiers of the International Brigades during the farewell ceremony. The International Brigades were made to leave Spain by the Jallander Commission, which ordered the departure of all foreign troo
(...) ps fighting alongside the Republicans and Franquists. Nevertheless the Germans and Italians continued to send over men and war supplies to Franco. The capital of Catalonia paid tribute to the International Brigades. During the ceremony, Dolorès Ibaburri, leader of the Spanish Communist Party, addressed the survivors of the International Brigades with her well-known "You are history! You are legend! [....] The blood spilt on our soil will not be sterile, it will be bear its fruit." Barcelona, Spain. October 28th, 1938. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos