Bernabé Argüelles de Paz
Bernabé Argüelles de Paz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1912 Lena, Asturias, Spain |
| Died | March 24, 1943 (aged 30–31) Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Allegiance |  CNT |
| Service | Confederal militias (1936–1937) Spanish Republican Army (1937–1939) |
| Years of service | 1936–1939 |
| Unit | 133rd Mixed Brigade |
| Battles/wars | Spanish Civil War |
Bernabé Argüelles de Paz (1912–1943) was an Asturian anarchist.
Biography[edit]
Born in the Asturian town of Pola de Lena in 1912, he was a member of the National Confederation of Labor (CNT). After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he joined the anarcho-syndicalist militias.[a] Later he became part of the political commissariat of the Spanish Republican Army, serving as commissar of the 133rd Mixed Brigade.[2] At the end of the war he was detained by the nationalists, being imprisoned in the provincial prison of Huesca.
Thanks to the intervention of the Ponzán group, in mid-1940 he was able to escape from prison together with other imprisoned anarchists.[1] He managed to reach Catalonia, where he developed an intense activity underground. Argüelles was part of the Aragón-Cataluña interregional committee of the CNT.[3] On March 8, 1943, he was arrested by Francoist security forces. Tried by a court-martial, he was sentenced to death and executed by garrote on March 24, 1943, in Barcelona.[4][5]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Some sources incorrectly place him as commander of the 127th Mixed Brigade.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Paz 2001, p. 61.
- ^ Engel 1999, p. 116.
- ^ Téllez 1992, pp. 74–75.
- ^ Paz 2001, pp. 75–76.
- ^ Corbalán Gil 2008, p. 146.
Bibliography[edit]
- Corbalán Gil, Joan (2008). Justícia, no venjança: els executats pel franquisme a Barcelona (1939-1952) (in Spanish). Cossetània Edicions.
- Engel, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Madrid, Almena. 84-922644-7-0.
- Paz, Abel (2001). CNT 1939-1951. El Anarquismo contra el Estado franquista (in Spanish). Fundación de Estudios Libertarios «Anselmo Lorenzo».
- Téllez, Antonio (1992). Sabaté. Guerrilla urbana en España (1945-1960) (in Spanish). Barcelona: Editorial Virus.