Juana Capdevielle (12 August 1905 – 18 August 1936) was a Spanish educator and librarian.
Biography
Juana Capdevielle was born in Madrid and went to
Pamplona
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to study at a high school. She moved back to Madrid in order to pursue a university education and later travelled to France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium. After she married
Francisco Pérez Carballo, governor of
La Coruña
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, she moved to
Galicia. Her husband was arrested and shot by the rebel military in July 1936 at the beginning of the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...
. Shortly thereafter, on 18 August, she was arrested by the
Guardia Civil
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. On the following morning her body was found in
Rábade; she had been raped and subsequently killed. Juana was pregnant at the time of her murder.
''Recuperan a historia de Juana Capdevielle, fusilada en Rábade''
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See also
* List of people executed by Francoist Spain
*White Terror (Spain)
In the history of Spain, the White Terror ( es, Terror Blanco; also known as the Francoist Repression, ''la Represión franquista'') describes the political repression, including executions and rapes, which were carried out by the Nationalist ...
References
External links
Cultura Galega - Juana Capdevielle, paseada en 1936
Asociación para a Dignificación das Vítimas do Fascismo
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People from Madrid
People executed by Francoist Spain
Spanish librarians
Spanish women librarians
1905 births
1936 deaths