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Some notable events around anarchism that happened in 1936.

June[]

  • 28: Alexander Berkman attempts to commit suicide via gunshot in Nice, France due to his suffering from a terminal illness. He is wounded and dies from his injuries later that day.[1]

July[]

  • 17: The Spanish Civil War begins. The Nationalists/Francoists launch a rebellion to overthrow the Spanish Republic. Anarchists mount a defense of the republic.
  • 19: The legendary Spanish Revolution begins. The CNT launches a general strike, and many anarchists and sympathisers begin collectivising land and industry across Eastern Spain. Barcelona is widely considered to be the anarchist stronghold.[2]
  • 19: Félix Morga is shot by Francoists in Nájera, Spain.[3]
  • 20: Francisco Ascaso is killed in battle in Barcelona, Spain.[4]
  • 31: Jose Sanchez Rosa is shot by Francoist forces in Seville, Spain after they take the city.[5]

August[]

  • 6: Ramón Acín emerged from hiding in Huesca, Spain in order to protect his wife and is executed by Francoists.[6]
  • 22: The Carcel Modelo massacre - CNT militamen occupy Madrid prison and execute 30 people who supported the Nationalists.[7]
  • 22: Francoists kill Eduardo Ferreirós Boullosa and Julián Iglesias del Río in Cea, Spain. Later claiming they were "extremists" with unsuitable ideas for the "New Spain".[8]
  • 23: Concha Monrás is killed by Francoists in Huesca, Spain.[9]
  • 24: María Silva Cruz is shot by Francoists in the Jagunda lagoon, Spain. Her grave is unknown.[10]
  • 30: José López Bouza is shot by Francoists in Ferrol, Spain.[11]

September[]

  • 1: Isaac Puente is killed by Francoists in Pancorbo, Spain.[12]
  • 2: Pepita Laguarda Batet dies in Granyen hospital, from injuries sustained in combat in Uesca. She was the youngest soldier to die in combat during the war.[13]
  • 5: Federico Borrell is shot and killed in battle in Espejo, Spain. This forms the basis for the famous photograph The Falling Soldier.[14]
  • 19: Vicente Ballester Tinoco is shot dead in Spain, presumably by Francoists.[15]

November[]

  • 18: Francoists murder Amparo Barayon while in a cemetery in Zamora, Spain. She is murdered alongside 2 other women, Juliana Luis García and Antonia Blanco Luis. Her murder is justified on false allegations that she was a foreign spy.[16]
  • 18: The date on death certificate given for Constantina Alcoceba Chicharro, an anarchist midwife arrested by Francoists in Soria, Spain. However, she may have been executed earlier.[17]
  • 20: Buenaventura Durruti is shot and killed while defending Madrid, Spain.[18]
  • 21: Emiliano Barral is killed by shrapnel while accompanying foreign journalists in Madrid, Spain.[19]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Berkman#Final_years_and_death
  2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Revolution_of_1936
  3. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Morga
  4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Ascaso
  5. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_S%C3%A1nchez_Rosa
  6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ac%C3%ADn
  7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A1rcel_Modelo_massacre
  8. ↑ https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Ferreir%C3%B3s_Boullosa
  9. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concha_Monr%C3%A1s
  10. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Silva_Cruz
  11. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_L%C3%B3pez_Bouza
  12. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Puente#Ejecuci%C3%B3n_por_las_tropas_de_Franco
  13. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepita_Laguarda_Batet
  14. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Borrell
  15. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Ballester_Tinoco
  16. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amparo_Baray%C3%B3n
  17. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantina_Alcoceba_Chicharro
  18. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenaventura_Durruti
  19. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiliano_Barral
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