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Represión de agosto de 1936 en Almendralejo

Almendralejo, Tierra de Barros, Badajoz

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Represión de agosto de 1936 en Almendralejo

Historical milestone · Almendralejo, Tierra de Barros, Badajoz

Image of Almendralejo, not of the place itself.

On 7 August 1936, after the city was occupied by Francoist troops at the start of the Civil War, it is estimated that around a thousand civilians were executed by firing squad.

7 de agosto de 1936

Photo: Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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