The Anarchist Resistance in the Albaicín (July 1936). The Beginnings of the Civil War in Granada

  • Francisco José Fernández Andújar Universidad de Granada
Keywords: Anarchism, Granada, Albaicín, labour movement, Spanish Civil War, neighbourhood

Abstract

In Granada the resistance that the Albaicín offered against the 1936 military uprising is still remembered. The Albaicín was then a working class neighborhood with a strong and hegemonic anarchist presence of the CNT and FAI. While Granada succumbed quickly to the military uprising, the Albaicín managed to organize with very few resources an armed struggle with the barricades as a frontier. When they understood that they could not resist any longer, they fled through the mountains, forging the legend of The Children of the Night. This article collects the various stories of some of its protagonists and some local historians who have reviewed it, trying to establish a common thread to explain this event and how it has connected through time with different populations in very different contexts.

Published
2019-06-20
How to Cite
Fernández Andújar, F. J. (2019). The Anarchist Resistance in the Albaicín (July 1936). The Beginnings of the Civil War in Granada. Revista Del Centro De Estudios Históricos De Granada Y Su Reino, (31), 201-222. Retrieved from http://www.cehgr.es/revista/index.php/cehgr/article/view/241
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Articles