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The penal detachment at the Varilongo mine

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The penal detachment at the Varilongo mine

Historical milestone · Santa Comba, Xallas, A Coruña

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During the Second World War, when the Varilongo mines came under German management due to the strategic interest of wolfram, a penal detachment operated alongside them, in which the Franco regime forced prisoners to work, many of them prisoners of war.

1942-1944

Photo: Miguel Branco (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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