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'''Pablo de Azcárate y Flórez''' (1890 – 1971) was a Spanish [[diplomat]]. He was born in Madrid. During the 1920s he worked in Minorities Section of the [[League of Nations]] Secretariat. During the [[Spanish Civil War]],
'''Pablo de Azcárate y Flórez''' (1890 – 1971) was a Spanish [[diplomat]]. He was born in Madrid. During the 1920s he worked in Minorities Section of the [[League of Nations]] Secretariat. During the [[Spanish Civil War]],
Azcárate served as Ambassador of the Spanish Republican government to London. Following the British recognition of the Franco government in early 1939, he went into exile in Switzerland.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760829-1,00.html Time Magazine, March 6, 1939]</ref> From 1946 onward, he was attached to the UN. In 1948-1952 he served as secretary of the Consular Truce Commission in Jerusalem on behalf of the UN. Azcárate died in Geneva in 1971.
Azcárate served as Ambassador of the Spanish Republican government to London. Following the British recognition of the Franco government in early 1939, he went into exile in Switzerland.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760829-1,00.html Time Magazine, March 6, 1939]</ref> From 1946 onward, he was attached to the UN. In 1948-1952 he served as secretary of the Consular Truce Commission in Jerusalem on behalf of the UN. Azcárate died in Geneva in 1971.

Azcárate's son, [[Manuel Azcárate]] (1916–1998), became one of the leaders of the [[Spanish Communist Party]],<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1998/08/25/espana/903996011_850215.html |title=Manuel Azcárate muere en Madrid a los 81 años|journal=El País |location=Madrid |date=1998-08-25 |language=Spanish|accessdate=2015-11-29}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==

Revision as of 17:11, 29 November 2015

Pablo de Azcárate (R) of the United Nations Truce Commission, talking to Dr. Egon Riss Israel (with his back to the camera) who volunteered to join as a POW so he could continue treating the Israeli wounded POWs being taken to Jordan, Mr. Mosa el Husaini (the nephew of the Mofti Haj_Amin_al-Husseini, he was not an MD) and an Israeli nurse (Masha), in Jerusalem, 1 June 1948.

Pablo de Azcárate y Flórez (1890 – 1971) was a Spanish diplomat. He was born in Madrid. During the 1920s he worked in Minorities Section of the League of Nations Secretariat. During the Spanish Civil War, Azcárate served as Ambassador of the Spanish Republican government to London. Following the British recognition of the Franco government in early 1939, he went into exile in Switzerland.[1] From 1946 onward, he was attached to the UN. In 1948-1952 he served as secretary of the Consular Truce Commission in Jerusalem on behalf of the UN. Azcárate died in Geneva in 1971.

Azcárate's son, Manuel Azcárate (1916–1998), became one of the leaders of the Spanish Communist Party,[2]

Works

  • League of Nations and National Minorities: An Experiment (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C. 1945)
  • Azcarate, Pablo de, Mission in Palestine, 1948-1952 (Washington, DC: Middle East Institute, 1966)

For further reading

  • Susan Pedersen, "Back to the League of Nations" The American Historical Review, Vol. 112, No. 4 (October 2007) [1]

Notes

  1. ^ Time Magazine, March 6, 1939
  2. ^ "Manuel Azcárate muere en Madrid a los 81 años". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 1998-08-25. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
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