Walter Rosenblum 

Walter Rosenblum was an American photographer, who had already documented many awful things during WW2 including the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Working for the American Unitarian Service Committee, Rosenblum traveled to refugee camps in Europe after the Spanish Civil War had ended. The photograph featuring the three Spanish children were taken by Rosenblum in Spanish refugee camp in Toulouse in 1946 after WW2 had ended. The dozens of photographs taken by Rosenblum would serve to help the Spanish refugees who were in dire need of help due there living conditions, and not being able to return back to Spain due to Franco’s victory. Rosenblum would go on to publish his photos and use them to help raise funds for the Spanish refugees. Rosenblum’s campaign served to bring light the trial of the Spanish refugees, and one of his photos even made its way on the cover of the New York Times Magazine. Rosenblum’s campaign was crucial due to the rest of the world being so numb to the war that they had overlooked nearly half a million displaced Spaniards. The most important instance of fundraising brought about by the Rosenblum photos was the money raised for the The Spanish Refugee Appeal, which served to help relocate Spanish refugees while also providing them with food, medical care, and education. Walter Rosenblum would pass away in 2006 but his work and subsequent fundraising with the Spanish Refugees served has one of the single greatest impact towards helping the Spaniards who had lost their own homeland.[8][9]