Merchant and politician born in Granada on July 14, 1888. He was a member of the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party), delegate of the Granada Socialist Association in the PSOE […]
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Yoldi Bereau, Jesús
Professor of Chemistry at the University of Granada, mayor and councilman of the municipal corporation of Granada after the proclamation of the Second Republic. He was an active enthusiast of […]
Vila Hernández, Salvador
Professor, Arabist, disciple of Miguel de Unamuno in Salamanca, where he simultaneously studied Law and Philosophy and Arts thanks to a scholarship; intellectual of international formation, he finished his undergraduate […]
Valdés Guzmán, José
A Spanish military man by family tradition -his father was a general in the Civil Guard-, veteran of the African campaigns, wounded during the Moroccan War and, from 1936, after […]
Trescastro Medina, Juan Luis
Lawyer and conservative politician with an extensive career, member of a family of great influence in the environment of Santa Fe village. In 1934, he became a shareholder and member […]
Torres Martínez, César
Politician and lawyer trained at the University of Santiago de Compostela and civil governor during the Republic in Lugo, Almería, Ávila, Jaén and Granada. In the latter city he was […]
Santa Cruz y Garcés de Marcilla, Juan José
Engineer, politician and writer, member of a family of aristocrats: his father was Baron of Andilla and his mother was a descendant of Diego de Marcilla, one of the Lovers […]
Ruiz Carnero, Constantino
Journalist, writer, politician (acting mayor of Granada in 1936 for two months). He was a member of El Rinconcillo literary gathering and one of the founders in February 1926 of the […]
Ruiz Alonso, Ramón
Typographer, Member of the Parliament of the Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas (CEDA) party, founded by José María Gil Robles (with whom he met at the Salesianos school in Salamanca) […]
Rosales Camacho, Miguel
Merchant, without university studies, first-born of a conservative family formed by seven other siblings: Esperanza (1906-1998), Antonio (1908-1958), Luis (1910-1998), José (1911-1978) Carlos (1912-1914), Gerardo (1915-1968) and María (1916-2005). Their […]
Rosales Camacho, Luis
Poet and essayist of the Generation of 1936, member of the Royal Academy and the Hispanic Society of America, winner of the 1982 Cervantes Prize. Member of a very conservative […]
Rosales Camacho, José
Merchant, without university studies, member of a conservative family formed by seven other siblings: Miguel (1904-1976), Esperanza (1906-1998), Antonio (1908-1958), Luis (1910-1998), Carlos (1912-1914), Gerardo (1915-1968) and María (1916-2005). His father […]
Romero Funes, Julio
Inspector assigned to the Police Station of Granada who, after the triumph of the uprising against the Republic in 1936, is appointed by the seditious chief of police in charge […]
Roldán Quesada, Horacio
Lawyer, court attorney, farmer. The researchers Miguel Caballero and Pilar Góngora attribute to him a cardinal role in the events that led to the escape of Federico García Lorca from […]
Rojas Feigenspán, Manuel
Spanish captain involved in the massacre of Casas Viejas and in the bloody repression that followed the coup against the Republic in Granada. He was the son of a wealthy […]
Perea Ruiz, Gabriel
Gabriel Perea’s relatives had been the landlords of the Huerta de san Vicente farmhouse since 1925 when it was acquired by Federico García Rodríguez, father of Federico García Lorca. They […]
Nestares Cuéllar, José María
Spanish military man born in 1900, old shirt (during the Franco dictatorship, those Falange members prior to the 1936 elections were called camisas viejas), trained in Africa under the command […]
Leimdörfer, Gerda
Daughter of the editor-in-chief of the Berliner Zeitung am Mittag, Berlin’s leading Jewish newspaper, and wife of Salvador Vila Hernández (Arabist, professor and dean of the University of Granada in […]
González López, Agustina (La Zapatera) (The Shoemaker)
Agustina González, nicknamed La Zapatera (The Shoemaker), was a politician, writer and artist from Granada. She was a flamboyant character who was considered by some to be a crackpot for […]
García Puertas, Enrique (El Marranero) (The Pig Trader)
Mayor of Pinos Puente since the military uprising of 1936, member of the Popular Action party and brutal and bloodthirsty man. He was among the group of armed individuals who […]
García Labella, Joaquín
Spanish politician, jurist and university professor. Member of the El Rinconcillo at the Café Alameda in the early twentieth century. In it he met other personalities from the world of […]
Galindo González, Dióscoro
Teacher in Pulianas and, previously, in Íllora and Santiponce, shot in August 1936 along with Federico García Lorca and the anarchist banderilleros (bullfighters) Juan Arcollas Cabezas and Francisco Galadí Melgar. The […]
Galadí Melgar, Francisco
Anarchist banderillero who, with Juan Arcollas Cabezas and the teacher Dióscoro Galindo, was shot alongside Federico García Lorca. Francisco Galadí Melgar and Juan Arcollas Cabezas were well known in Granada […]
Fernández-Montesinos Lustau, Manuel
Spanish doctor and socialist politician, last constitutional mayor of Granada during the 2nd Republic. He was shot by the rebels at the beginning of the Civil War. In the 1920s, […]
Camacho Corona, Esperanza
Mother of the Rosales Camacho brothers, some of whom tried to save the life of Federico García Lorca in the tragic summer of 1936. She was married to Miguel Rosales […]
Benavides Peña, José (Pepe el Romano)
Farmer and landowner, militant of the right-wing Popular Action Party. Federico García Lorca was inspired by him for the character of Pepe el Romano (only nominal, as he does not […]
Arcollas Cabezas, Joaquín (Juan Arcoyas)
Joaquín Arcollas Cabezas, alias Magarza, was one of the people killed on August 17 or 18, 1936 along with Federico García Lorca by the pro-Franco military who had taken Granada. […]