El centro de estudios históricos durante la guerra civil española (1936-1939)

Abstract

The article starts from the hypothesis that some famous republican intellectuals decided to stay in Spain during the Civil War, going on their usual activities, thinking in this way, they helped to fight what they called «fascist barbarity». The main purpose is to put into effect a sectorial research work on the bases of the importance of this kind of activities, trying to avoid the use of propaganda made during the war, myths or understimations made during the period of Franco's dictatorship. That's why the Historical Studies Centre, a specific institution, has been chosen and all activities during the war are described with full details; the shutdown in november in 1936, the reopening in the course of antifascist movement and the slow decay at the end of the war.