Funeral in Spain for 129 Franco victims found in mass graves

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Funeral in Spain for 129 Franco victims found in mass graves

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Post by Marcus » 03 Nov 2013, 12:42

The families and friends of 129 people killed during Spain's civil war, on Saturday held a "dignified burial" for the victims of General Francisco Franco's forces, whose remains were found in mass graves.
Urns containing the victims' remains were placed inside a tomb in northern Spain's Arando de Duero where a memorial has been erected in their honour.
Jose Maria Rojas, a spokesman for the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory, told AFP the 129 people had been killed between July and October 1936 by Franco's forces.
"This ceremony is necessary so that the victims ... can have a dignified burial like human beings, in a dignified place where loved ones can come and lay flowers," he added.
The bodies, which were found in four mass graves around Arando de Duero after a lengthy search, were "among 600 people killed in a 25-kilometre radius" around the town, said Maria Rojas.
During the past 13 years about 6,300 bodies have been exhumed from mass graves. Of them, 2,500 have been identified by volunteers and victims' associations with no involvement from the state.
http://www.france24.com/en/20131102-fun ... tims_found

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Re: Funeral in Spain for 129 Franco victims found in mass gr

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Post by Ironmachine » 03 Nov 2013, 19:33

It should be noted that most of those 129 victims have not been identified, and they have been placed in a mass grave.
http://www.elcorreodeburgos.com/noticia ... a-de-duero


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