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Pau Casals addresses US President Harry S. Truman

Date
1950
Archive
Archive Montserrat Tarradellas i Macià (Monastery of Poblet)
Document type
Textual
Reference code
C09.2_AC_C0689_E002_C035
Link to the online document
Description

The letter that Pau Casals addressed to the President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, in 1950, is a document of great symbolic and political value. In the midst of post-World War II and with Europe immersed in democratic reconstruction, Casals – renowned cellist and defender of human rights – uses his international voice to denounce the Franco dictatorship and demand the recognition of legitimate Catalan institutions. This diplomatic action from exile reflects the commitment of Catalan culture to the values ​​of freedom, justice and democracy. It is a clear example of how Catalonia, through figures like Casals, kept its voice alive in Europe and in the world, defending the dignity of its people on the international stage.