the S.S. Sinaia, the first ship to carry refugees to Mexico. The Sinaias sailing was a logistical challenge that required the cooperation of English, French, Mexican, and Spanish authorities. For some, making it onto the ship was more trying than the 23-day journey itself. nga.gov/feature/chim/spain_page6.shtm - Spanish Civil War evacuee With the end of the war, the Republican Government found itself in exile in France with many of its supporters interned in camps. The Government negotiated the transfer of up to 150,000 Republicans to Mexico and South America. The S.S Sinaia was to be one of the first ships of the exodus to sail from Sete in France in May 1939. slightly-out-of-focus/David_Chim_Seymour_SS_Sinai.html the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who had been named Consul in Paris for Immigration, organized the transportation to Chile of 2,200 Spanish refugees who had been detained in the camps on board the Winnipeg, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camps_in_France#Before_World_War_II After the end of the war in 1939, Chim knew that his livelihood in Paris was no longer guaranteed. Using what was cloaked as an assignment as passage out of the country, he sailed on the S.S. Sinaia from Sète, France, on May 23 with a boatload of Spanish Republican refugees seeking asylum in Mexico. icp.org/museum/exhibitions/we-went-back/spanish-civil-war the s.s. SINAIA, our First Spanish Refugee Ship, is to sail on May 23rd from Port Vendres (France) to Vera Cruz (Mexico), contentdm.warwick.ac.uk/cdm/ref/collection/scw/id/8047 Finally, the Republican Government in exile arranged for the transfer of 150,000 refugees to Mexico and South America. Soon after, the French weekly Match would assign Chim and George Soria to cover the trip of 1,000 Republicans to Mexico aboard the S.S.Sinaia, (David Seymour) The main subjects of THE MEXICAN SUITCASE are photographers Robert Capa, Capa’s business partner and film developer, Cziki Weiss, (Capa never developed his own film), Gerda Taro and David Seymour a.k.a “Chim”. thisismyhappyplace.net/2012/05/24/the-mexican-suitcase-la-maleta-mexicana-a-film-review/
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