Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives Opens New Exhibit

Scenes of Bravery and Determination: Walter Rosenblum’s Homage to the Spanish Republicans

Exhibition Opening and Reception   Thursday, January 22, 2009 Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm Place: King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South Free of Charge RSVP here  In the fall of 1946, the New York photographer Walter Rosenblum–a student and friend of Paul Strand and Lewis Hine–traveled to Toulouse, France, to record the relief work undertaken by the Unitarian Service Committee for the thousands of Spanish refugees living there since the end of the Civil War, seven years earlier. He came back with a series of haunting portraits, 25 of which will be part of an exhibit at the King Juan Carlos Center.  “I had expected to find dejected and tired people,” Rosenblum later wrote, “but instead discovered bravery and determination.” Sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives, NYU Tamiment Library, and the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center. With special thanks to the Rosenblum family.   Click Here for more information