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Campo de concentración de Castuera

Castuera, La Serena, Badajoz

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Campo de concentración de Castuera

Historical milestone · Castuera, La Serena, Badajoz

Image of Castuera, not of the place itself.

After the town was occupied by Queipo de Llano's troops on 23 July 1938, a Francoist concentration camp with wooden barracks operated in Castuera between 1939 and 1940, holding between 6,000 and 7,000 prisoners.

1939-1940

Photo: Amgc56 (Public domain)

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