La Modelo (Celda 443), Barcelona. 2.3.1974, Salvador Puig Antich, 25, spent his last night in cell 443.Raïmats, La Fatarella, Tarragona, 15.11.1938, 16:00, an Italian member of the 35th division of the International Brigades was found in this trench. He died on the last day of the Battle of the Ebro.
Monte Ezcaba II (Fuerte de San Cristóbal), Navarra, 22.5.1938, a massive escape from the prison at Fort San Cristóbal converted the fort and its surroundings into a great grave in which lie the bodies of 207 fugitives; 1936-1945 an indeterminate group of unregistered prisoners was shot by Falangists and about 400 prisoners who left to die of starvation.
During the Spanish Civil War, on 22 May 1938, there was a massive escape from the prison at Fort San Cristóbal. It was one of the largest and most tragic prison escapes in Europe. 795 prisoners, almost all republicans, escaped, 207 were killed in the capture when they tried to escape through the mountains and buried in mass graves and only 3 managed to cross the French border. 14, considered organizers, were shot on 8 September 1938 at the Vuelta del Castillo in Pamplona.
