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Cementerio de San José, Granada (2016). Manuel Carmona Ruiz, 35, a metallurgist and trade unionist was accused of illegal possession of weapons and executed here on 15 August 1936 at 5 am. Between 1936 and 1956, 3.969 people were executed at the walls of the cemetery.Palacio de Congresos (former bullring), Badajoz (2016). On 14 August 1936 thousands had been rounded up here to be executed. In 2006, 70 years later, the bullring was demolished and replaced with the Badajoz Congress Centre.

Cementerio de San Juan, Badajoz (2016). In 2009 a new and higher wall was built to hide the original cemetery wall, a symbol of the Francoist repression. After the conquest of Badajoz on 14 August 1936 the rebels murdered between 1.800 and 4.000 people. Many were executed on this spot.

After the conquest of Badajoz on 14.8.1936 the rebels sacked the city and murdered between 1,800 and 4,000 people. During the days of the massacre of Badajoz many were arrested and taken to the bullring, where either they were executed, or they waited until they were executed in the cemetery wall. In 2009 a modern and higher wall was built to cover the original wall, icon of the Francoist repression

15 August 2016
Cementerio de San Juan, Badajoz (2016). In 2009 a new and higher wall was built to hide the original cemetery wall, a symbol of the Francoist repression. After the conquest of Badajoz on 14 August 1936 the rebels murdered between 1.800 and 4.000 people. Many were executed on this spot.

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