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
