Members of the newly-established Historical Memory Association of Almogía, (Málaga province), visited the Casa de la Memoria recently and were welcomed and given a guided tour by Andrés Rebolledo and Debbie Eade. Of course, everyone who visits our Casa de la Memoria is very welcome, but we are especially delightedSeguir leyendo…
Work began this week to locate mass graves containing victims of Franco repression in the municipal cemetery in Tarifa. The works, which are being financed by the Diputación de Cádiz, are being coordinated by archaeologist Jesús Román Román. In 2022 geo-radar testing showed alterations in the subsoil in several areasSeguir leyendo…
Representatives of the Forum for the Memory of the Campo de Gibraltar and the Casa de la Memoria Association took part in an event to remember victims of Francoist repression in Cortes de la Frontera on Saturday 4 May. The tribute, which was organised by the Ateneo A Galopar organisation,Seguir leyendo…
Four historians at the Casa de la Memoria are currently working on a research project into the purging of teachers in the Campo de Gibraltar area during the Franco dictatorship. Among the sources being used by Fernando Sígler Silvera, Margarita García Díaz, Antonio Morales Benítez and Elena Trujillo Petisme areSeguir leyendo…
The Casa de la Memoria Association and the Forum for the Memory of the Campo de Gibraltar will be screening the acclaimed documentary Pico Reja: lo que la verdad esconde on Friday 26 January at the Millán Picazo Auditorium in Algeciras, at 7pm. The film is in Spanish with EnglishSeguir leyendo…
A conference on the works carried out by the republican prisoners who Franco used as slave labour when the Civil War ended is to take place at the Palacio de Congresos in La Línea de la Concepción on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 November. About 30,000 prisoners from other partsSeguir leyendo…
La Línea Council and the Forum for Historical Memory of the Campo de Gibraltar are organising a meeting for relatives of people from the town who disappeared or were shot by Franco’s forces during the Spanish Civil war and the subsequent dictatorship. The meeting is to provide information, because soundingsSeguir leyendo…
In the news this episode, podcasts of talks in our conference cycle, La Voz de la Memoria on local radio, preparations for more exhumations at Jimena de la Frontera cemetery, the Spanish government plans to return works of art to their rightful owners, and a gold and diamond dagger giftedSeguir leyendo…
A propósito de la decisión de la Sección Cuarta de la Sala de lo Contencioso-Administrativo del Tribunal Supremo de avalar la exhumación de los restos del dictador Franco del Valle de los Caídos, adoptada el 24 de septiembre de 2019, parece oportuno traer a colación uno libro escrito por JesúsSeguir leyendo…
El jueves 28 de marzo de 2019 se celebró en la Casa de la Memoria La Sauceda la presentación del libro Franco en Gibraltar, marzo de 1935, del que es autor el historiador José Beneroso. En el acto intervinieron el propio autor del libro, además de Belén López Collado, periodista conSeguir leyendo…
El Foro por la Memoria del Campo de Gibraltar ha organizado para el jueves 28 de marzo de 2019 la presentación del libro Franco en Gibraltar, marzo de 1935, del que es autor el historiador José Beneroso. El acto se desarrollará a partir de las 20.00 horas en la CasaSeguir leyendo…