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Raïmats, La Fatarella, Tarragona (2016). The body of an Italian member of the International Brigades was found in this trench. He died just before 4 pm on the last day of the Battle of the Ebro, 15 November 1938. Due to the installation of wind farms in the area, human remains are found on a regular basis.La Modelo I (Cell 443), Barcelona (2017). The young anarchist Salvador Puig Antich, 25, spent his last night in cell 443 of the La Modelo prison, 1-2 March 1974. His four sisters are still fighting to have his case reviewed, challenging the irregularities of the legal process under Franco.

Monte Ezcaba (Fuerte de San Cristóbal), Navarra (2017). On 22 May 1938, there was a mass break out from the prison at the fort. Some 207 of the 795 prisoners involved were killed. Today, the fort and its surroundings contain the bodies of the shot fugitives, as well as 400 prisoners who were 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.

24 October 2017
Monte Ezcaba (Fuerte de San Cristóbal), Navarra (2017). On 22 May 1938, there was a mass break out from the prison at the fort. Some 207 of the 795 prisoners involved were killed. Today, the fort and its surroundings contain the bodies of the shot fugitives, as well as 400 prisoners who were left to die of starvation.

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