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.
