José Perelló Torrens
Jose Perelló Torrens (Tormos, Alicante, 1885–1955) was a Republican politician in Spain and the Mayor of Tormos during the 1930s. Biography Jose Perelló Torrens was the first and only democratic mayor of the 20th century in Tormos prior to the restoration of democracy in 1978. It was on behalf of the party founded by Manuel Azaña, Acción Republicana (AR) and Izquierda Republicana (IR). During the hard times of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) he had an exemplary performance and not allowed any violent deaths in the town of Tormos as well reflected in the "Causa General" or Franco judicial inquiry into the crimes in the "red zone" during the war. The most remarkable actión of José Perelló Torrens was to hide in a Tormos house the whole persecuted community of Carmelitas nuns arrived from Denia at the beginning of the Civil War. He also avoid the crimes of the parish priest and the town's richest owners facing himself the criminals of labour union CNT who wanted to ...
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