Cristino García

Cristino García Granda (6 March 1914 – 21 February 1946) was a fighter with the French Resistance in France during World War II.[1][2] He was born in Gozón, Asturias, Spain and was executed by the Francoist regime.

Cristino García Granda
Born(1914-06-03)3 June 1914
Gozón, Asturias, Spain
Died21 February 1946(1946-02-21) (aged 31)
Madrid, Spain
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Burial placeCementerio de Carabanchel, Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Political partyCommunist Party of Spain
Movement
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He took part in the Spanish Civil War as a member of the XIV Cuerpo de Ejército Guerrillero (Spanish for 'XIV Guerrilla Army Corps'), a special unit of the Spanish Republican Army which performed attacks behind the Nationalist lines.[3]: 44 

After the war, he escaped to France where he was part of the French Resistance as a member of the Agrupación de Guerrilleros Españoles (AGE, Spanish Guerilla Group).[3]: 128  Highly successful in fighting the German occupiers (he took part in the Battle of Madeleine and in the attack of the prison in Nîmes), at the end of the war, he returned to Spain to work with Resistance groups (Spanish Maquis) to oust caudillo Francisco Franco. Captured on 15 October 1945,[1] he was tortured and was executed by firing squad on 21 February 1946.[3]: 13 [4]

In Paris, the rue Cristino Garcia in Saint-Denis, next to the street of Émile Zola and the Joffre avenue in the 20th arrondissement, was named for him. The Quartier Cristino Garcia in Aubervilliers, Île-de-France, was also named after him.

He is buried in the Cementerio de Carabanchel, southwest of Madrid.

References
  1. Casanova, Julián; Espinosa, Francisco; Mir, Conxita; Moreno Gómez, Francisco (2002). Morir, matar, sobrevivir. La violencia en la dictadura de Franco [Die, Kill, Survive: Violence in the Franco dictatorship] (in Spanish). Barcelona: Crítica. p. 240. ISBN 84-8432-506-7.
  2. "International: There Must Be Clarity". Time. New York City. 11 March 1946. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  3. Serrano, Secundino (2001). Maquis. Historia de la guerrilla antifranquista [Maquis. History of the anti-Franco guerrillas.] (in Spanish). Madrid: Ediciones Temas de Hoy. ISBN 84-8460-370-9.
  4. "ExecutedToday.com » cristino garcia". Retrieved 16 September 2022.
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