In 1942, the University of Barcelona (UB) needed artwork to decorate its halls. There was a way to get it without spending any money: National Artistic Heritage Defense Service (SDPAN). When the outbreak broke outCivil War, in July 1936The Generalitat attempted to protect the heritage. To preserve it from bombs, tens of thousands of works were seized and moved to various depots in Barcelona, ​​Olot, Manresa, Vic, Girona, Poblet, Viladrau, and so on. When Franco won the war, the Republicans voluntarily handed over pieces from private and public collections, including monasteries. All of this passed into the hands of the SDPAN (Spanish Nationalist Workers' Union), which, starting in 1939, began returning it to its owners. But many returns were never completed.