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The Forum for Historical Memory of the Campo de Gibraltar, in collaboration with the Government of Gibraltar, is publishing a book about the José Luis Díez, the republican ship which was disguised as a British destroyer to try to pass through the blockaded Straits of Gibraltar during the Spanish CivilSeguir leyendo…
On Thursday 28 October a group of Palestinian students visited the Casa de la Memoria La Sauceda. They are from Jalbun, in Jenin, and were on a multicultural encounter in Jimena de la Frontera, thanks to the work of the Coopération Bages-Jalboun association in France. During the visit, a teamSeguir leyendo…
La Línea Council and the Forum for Historical Memory of the Campo de Gibraltar are organising a meeting for relatives of people from the town who disappeared or were shot by Franco’s forces during the Spanish Civil war and the subsequent dictatorship. The meeting is to provide information, because soundingsSeguir leyendo…
The second phase of exhumations in Jimena de la Frontera has now finished. The Cádiz provincial government has published a book by the late Carlos Perales Pizarro. The Casa de la Memoria Association has signed a cooperation agreement with Los Barrios council. Guadalajara is holding a series of cultural eventsSeguir leyendo…
Next week, from 23rd to 26th September, Guadalajara is holding a series of cultural events about the Civil War and the Franco dictatorship, called ‘Memoria contra el olvido’. There will be poetry readings, theatre performances, music, film screenings and round-table discussions. All the events are free, apart from the theatreSeguir leyendo…
The Casa de la Memoria Association has signed a cooperation agreement with Los Barrios council, under which they will jointly carry out research, raise awareness and organise events related to the Civil War and its aftermath. The agreement was signed by the mayor of Los Barrios, Miguel Alconchel Jiménez, andSeguir leyendo…
The Cádiz provincial government has published a book by the late Carlos Perales Pizarro, who died in 2018 before it was finished. It was completed by Javier Giráldez Díaz in collaboration with Carlos Perales’ family, and is called Fragmentos de una memoria por recuperar. Alcalá de los Gazules (1931-1939). TheSeguir leyendo…
The second phase of exhumations of victims of Franco from the old cemetery in Jimena de la Frontera castle has now finished. The works, which began on 1 June, were led by archaeologist María José Gámez Cano and coordinated by Jesús Román Roman. The remains of six more people wereSeguir leyendo…
Spain’s new Democratic Memory bill, more victims of Franco found in Jimena, fascinating talks on the Civil War via La Voz de la Memoria and commemorations to mark 85 years since the Civil War began.Seguir leyendo…
Reflections From My Desk, by Debbie Eade There were two important dates for the Historical Memory movement in Spain last week. The first was Sunday 18 July, which marked 85 years since the Civil War began, when Franco brought troops by air and sea to the Campo de Gibraltar areaSeguir leyendo…
The Spanish government has now approved the new Democratic Memory bill, which includes measures to find and exhume victims of Franco repression, makes it illegal to extol Francoism and declares null and void convictions handed down for people’s political beliefs or sexual orientation. It will also convert the Valley ofSeguir leyendo…