The San Sebastian City Council has removed the plaque after confirming municipal ownership of the pantheon that houses the remains of at least 17 militiamen and guards who participated in the defense of San Sebastian. According to a recent report by Aranzadi, he violated the law on historical memory.
Euskaraz irakurri: Donostiako Polloe hilerriko mausoleum frankistaren plaka kendu dute
San Sebastián City Council has removed the plaque from the Francoist mausoleum in the cemetery of Chicken, once municipal ownership was confirmed, which “did not meet the Historical memory law
In a statement, San Sebastian mayor for civil rights, Ane Oyurbide, explained that workers at the Polloe cemetery moved this Wednesday morning to withdraw the appeal. Mausoleum of the Martyrsthe plaque that obscured the memory of the Franco rebels buried there.
The mayor recalled that “a recent report commissioned by Aranzadi by the city council revealed the presence in that pantheon of the remains of at least 17 militiamen and gudaris who took part in the defense of San Sebastián.” “Likewise, the report confirmed municipal ownership of that mausoleum, which had a plaque on either side violating the Historic Memory Act, so it has been removed and stored.”
On the removed plaque you could read ‘In memory of those killed in defense of their ideals, of God and Spain. A prayer for their souls’.
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Source: EITB
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