Catalanismo y antifascismo entre cataluña y el separatismo radical ultramarino durante la guerra civil española: El rol del butlletí especial per als catalans absents de la pàtria, 1937-1939

During the first half of the 20th century, the connections of inland Catalanism with the «Catalans of America», the sector of emigrants and exiles that followed its precepts on American soil, experienced great growth. During the Spanish Civil War, the group actively collaborated in humani-tarian tasks and antifascist consciousness among the American collective. In order to consolidate this bond with Catalonia, the Comissariat de Propaganda de la Generalitat published in Barcelona the Butlletí Especial per als Catalans Absents de la Pàtria. We will develop the first specific study of this source in the context of the Comissariat’s publications and analyse its formal aspects. We will also examine the historical causes of its emergence, in order to integrate it into the study of overseas Cat-alanism during the war. Finally, we will explore the characteristics that shaped the group’s commit-ment to the wartime scenario in Catalonia.