El Comissariat de Propaganda a través de la memòria dels que ho van viure

Abstract

Jaume Miravitlles, creator and director-commissioner of the Comissariat de Propaganda (Propaganda Commissioner) of the Generalitat of Catalonia from 1936 to 1939, spoke about the commissioner as if it had been a poorlyorganized institution with no plan of action or specific projects. However, the organization chart of the commissioner, located in 2001 by the present author in the administration archives in Alcalá de Henares, shows that the organization was, to say the least, clearly thought out for accomplishing its intended activities and objectives. Based on the organization chart and interviews with Jaume Miravitlles himself and the collaborators of the commissioner Carles Fontserè (Elvira Frarreras and Teodor Garriga), the present article describes the operation of the first propaganda institution in a European democracy.