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The Spanish Civil War
A brief memoir and chronology of the fighting of the Durruti Column in the Spanish Civil War by a participant, Abel Paz, who spent eleven years in prison under Franco. Very well illustrated with many photos.
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Mass Market Paperback
Published January 1, 1997
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Abel Paz
20 books15 followersAbel Paz was a Spanish anarchist, former combatant and historian.
Abel Paz was the pen name of Diego Camacho. He was born in Almería in 1921, and moved with his family to Barcelona in 1929. In 1935 he started work in the textile industry and joined the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT).
During the Spanish Civil War and Spanish revolution he fought in the Barcelona May Events of 1937.
After the fall of Catalonia in January 1939, he went into exile in France, where he was interned. During the 1940s he fought both in the French resistance to Hitler and the Spanish Anarchist resistance to Franco.
He was the author of numerous works on anarchist history, the most important being his biography of Buenaventura Durruti which has appeared in several editions, and numerous languages.
Abel Paz was the pen name of Diego Camacho. He was born in Almería in 1921, and moved with his family to Barcelona in 1929. In 1935 he started work in the textile industry and joined the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT).
During the Spanish Civil War and Spanish revolution he fought in the Barcelona May Events of 1937.
After the fall of Catalonia in January 1939, he went into exile in France, where he was interned. During the 1940s he fought both in the French resistance to Hitler and the Spanish Anarchist resistance to Franco.
He was the author of numerous works on anarchist history, the most important being his biography of Buenaventura Durruti which has appeared in several editions, and numerous languages.
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February 20, 2019
"Many new centers of power had emerged: the federation of the barricades, the district revolutionary committees, the factory committees, urban transit and railroad committees, health committees, hospital and public welfare committees, grade and high school committees, and many others. From the viewpoint of any system of State power, this situation was chaos."
A very short pocket book where Paz recounts his experiences of the first week of the Revolution in Barcelona. He was there when the Assault Guards gave out weapons to the people surrounding the Generalitat, beginning the breakdown of state power, and when the transit workers took control of the trams, beginning mass collectivization. Most of the book is made up of photos, some from Paz's collection.
A very short pocket book where Paz recounts his experiences of the first week of the Revolution in Barcelona. He was there when the Assault Guards gave out weapons to the people surrounding the Generalitat, beginning the breakdown of state power, and when the transit workers took control of the trams, beginning mass collectivization. Most of the book is made up of photos, some from Paz's collection.
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