Mariano Albert Reigada

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Mariano Albert Reigada
Died(1940-04-27)April 27, 1940
Cementerio de la Almudena, Madrid,  Spain
Allegiance CNT
Service Spanish Republican Army
Unit 98th Mixed Brigade
Battles/warsSpanish Civil War:

Mariano Albert Reigada was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist.

Biography[edit]

Born in Madrid, he was a cabinetmaker by profession. He was a member of the CNT.[1] After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he joined the republican forces. During the war, he served as political commissar of the 98th Mixed Brigade.[1][2] After the war, he was captured by the nationalists, who imprisoned him. He was shot in Madrid Eastern Cemetery on April 27, 1940.[3] His brothers Francisco and Jesús were also shot by the Francoist dictatorship.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Álvarez 1989, p. 182.
  2. ^ Engel 1999.
  3. ^ a b Núñez & Rojas 1997, pp. 120, 166.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Álvarez, Santiago (1989). Los comisarios políticos en el Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Ediciós do Castro.
  • Engel, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Madrid: Almena. ISBN 84-922644-7-0.
  • Núñez, Mirta; Rojas, Antonio (1997). Consejo de guerra: los fusilamientos en el Madrid de la posguerra (1939-1945) (in Spanish). Madrid: Compañía Literaria.