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The executions at Paterna cemetery

Paterna, L'Horta Nord, Valencia

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The executions at Paterna cemetery

Historical milestone · Paterna, L'Horta Nord, Valencia

Beside the cemetery wall more than two thousand two hundred people were executed between 1939 and 1956 after the Civil War, around half of those shot in the whole Valencian Community; the graves have been exhumed in recent years.

1939-1956

Photo: 19Tarrestnom65 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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