ABSTRACT
On September 1, 1929, Ernesto Giménez Caballero, a pioneer of Fascism in Spain and founder and editor of La Gaceta Literaria, 1 Spain’s leading vanguard literary and cultural journal, embarked on what the Gaceta referred to as a “largo y singular viaje de trascendencia nacional y literaria” [a long and singular voyage of national and literary transcendence] (Piqueras Gaceta Literaria 1/423). 2 At the insistence of nationally acclaimed scholars of Sephardic history and culture, the Spanish Ministry of State sponsored Giménez Caballero on his trip, designed to assess the situation of the Sephardic communities of Europe and Asia Minor, the possibilities for Spanish commercial and cultural expansion in the region, and the success of Spain’s prior philosephardic campaigns.
