Paracuellos massacres

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The Paracuellos massacres were a series of mass executions of Nationalist prisoners carried out by Republican forces near Madrid during the early months of the Spanish Civil War in 1936.

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instanceOf massacre
political repression
war crime
aftermath post-war exhumations of mass graves
use in Francoist propaganda
alsoKnownAs Paracuellos del Jarama massacres NERFINISHED
burial mass graves
cause fear of Nationalist advance on Madrid
political polarization
commemoratedBy memorials at Paracuellos de Jarama
conflict Spanish Civil War
country Spain
hasControversy debate over responsibility of Republican authorities
disputed number of victims
hasEvidence archival prison records
forensic studies of mass graves
testimonies of survivors and witnesses
hasSubjectIn historiography of the Spanish Civil War
hasTypeOfVictim civilian prisoners
military prisoners
political prisoners
historicalAssessment one of the largest Republican atrocities of the Spanish Civil War
languageOfName Spanish
legalStatus considered crimes against humanity by many historians
locatedInTime December 1936
November 1936
location Paracuellos de Jarama NERFINISHED
Torrejón de Ardoz NERFINISHED
method mass execution by shooting
motive elimination of potential fifth column
revenge against perceived enemies of the Republic
numberOfVictims several thousand
organizedFrom Madrid prisons NERFINISHED
partOf Red Terror in Spain NERFINISHED
perpetrator Republican forces NERFINISHED
Republican militias NERFINISHED
relatedConcept political violence in the Spanish Civil War
relatedEvent Siege of Madrid NERFINISHED
result death of prisoners removed from Madrid prisons
target Falange members NERFINISHED
Nationalist military officers
clergy
right-wing politicians
tookPlaceNear Madrid NERFINISHED
victim Nationalist prisoners
suspected Nationalist sympathizers

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Paracuellos de Jarama hasHistoricalEvent Paracuellos massacres