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The Franco regime shot the Trece Rosas 87 years ago but never managed to erase their names
87 years ago, during the early morning of August 5, 1939, thirteen women between 18 and 29 years old were taken from the Ventas prison and driven to the walls of the East Cemetery in Madrid. A Francoist firing squad awaited them there. Their names were Carmen Barrero Aguado, Martina Barroso...
National
90 years after the Civil War: memory, democracy and future
Today marks 90 years since the start of the Spanish Civil War, one of the most tragic and dark episodes of our contemporary history, which ended with the victory of the dictator Francisco Franco. The military coup of July 1936 against the legitimate government of the Second Republic triggered a...
Extremadura
Outrage in Cabeza la Vaca (Badajoz) after the vandalization to the memorial of victims of Francoism: "They have tried to erase them again"
The memorialist associations of Extremadura have called for an act of homage and reparation next Saturday April 18 at 11:00 hours in the municipal cemetery of Cabeza la Vaca (Badajoz), after the vandalization of the memorial dedicated to the victims of the Francoist repression last April 4. The call, promoted by...
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