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Hundreds march through Alicante in memory of Republicans held prisoner at the Port
By m.p. - Mar 31, 2008 - 7:18 PM
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The Association which organised the tribute has yet to be given permission for a memorial at the site where the internment centre stood at the end of the Civil War
Some 700 people supported a march through the streets of Alicante on Sunday, organised by the Alicante Civic Commission for the Recovery of Historical Memory as a homage to the thousands of Republican prisoners who were held at the Los Almendros internment centre at the city’s port at the end of the Civil War.

It is the second year the march has taken place, and the association’s spokesman, Enrique Cerdán Tato, told EFE that their aim is to call on the Partido Popular local government and the Port Authority for permission to erect a monument at the port and also a memorial at the site in La Goteta where the Campo de Los Almendros once stood, in memory of those who lost their lives. Council approval for the memorial was turned down in December last year with the majority votes of the Partido Popular councillors in the local government.


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