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The concentration camp of Cardeña

Castrillo del Val, Burgos (Alfoz), Burgos

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The concentration camp of Cardeña

Historical milestone · Castrillo del Val, Burgos (Alfoz), Burgos

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During the Civil War the monastery was turned into a concentration camp through which more than four thousand Republican prisoners and international brigade members passed. The Trappists did not occupy it again until 1942.

1938

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