Castilla Carmona, Virgilio

Virgilio Castilla

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

Jesús Yoldi Bereau

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 […]

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Vila Hernández, Salvador

Portrait of Dean Salvador Vila. Painting made and incorporated to the Gallery of Deans of the University of Granada in 1976.

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 […]

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Valdés Guzmán, José

José Valdés Guzmán

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 […]

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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 […]

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Torres Martínez, César

César Torres Martínez

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 […]

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Ruiz Carnero, Constantino

Constantino Ruiz Carnero

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 […]

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Ruiz Alonso, Ramón

Ramón Ruiz Alonso

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) […]

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Rosales Camacho, Miguel

Miguel Rosales Camacho

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 […]

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Rosales Camacho, Luis

The poet Luis Rosales, friend of Lorca.

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 […]

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Rosales Camacho, José

José Rosales Camacho, 'Pepiniqui'

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 […]

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Romero Funes, Julio

Julio Romero Funes

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 […]

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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 […]

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Rojas Feigenspán, Manuel

Captain Manuel Rojas

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 […]

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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 […]

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Nestares Cuéllar, José María

José María Nestares Cuéllar

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Galindo González, Dióscoro

Dióscoro Galindo

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 […]

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Galadí Melgar, Francisco

Francisco Galadí Melgar

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 […]

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Fernández-Montesinos Lustau, Manuel

Manuel Fernandez-Montesinos. / Photo: FGL Foundation

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, […]

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Camacho Corona, Esperanza

Esperanza Camacho Corona

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 […]

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