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Campo de concentración franquista

Higuera de Calatrava, Área Metropolitana de Jaén, Jaén

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Campo de concentración franquista

Historical milestone · Higuera de Calatrava, Área Metropolitana de Jaén, Jaén

The town was emptied of its population on 14 December 1936 during the Civil War, and in 1939 a Francoist concentration camp was set up there that came to hold more than 10,000 Republican prisoners.

1936 / 1939

Photo: Garcinegro (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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