Marcel·lí Perelló i Domingo () born in (

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in 1897? - died

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1961) was a

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and newspaper writer. He was the first Secretary of

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. He was part of a plot against the Spanish Throne, was imprisoned and exiled to

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The Plot of Garraf

He was son of Frederic Perelló i Arnús and Magdalena Domingo i Selma, he was the commander of the Catalan State squads '' escamots'' d'

and belonged to Black Flag (Bandera Negra). He directed the Plot of GarrafCrexell, Joan. ''El complot de Garraf''. Barcelona: Abadia de Montserrat, 1988, p. 39. (Biblioteca Serra d'or; 79). that, in 1925, intended to kill

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and all his family, placing an explosive device at Garraf railway, where the royal train would pass by. A traitor caused the plot to fail, and Perelló and his fellows were condemned to

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. Later, their sentences were commuted to life because the authorities did not want them to become martyrs. When the dictatorship of

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fell in 1930, they were set free.

Family

While in jail at the

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prison, he met Edelmira Valls i Puig, who participated in a huge national and international solidarity campaign for their liberation. Once he was set free they got married and had six children: Jordina (1931–1933); Carles (1932), mathematician and Ph.D. at UAB; Edelmira (1934) Frederic (1941–1942), Marcel·lí (1944) and Mercè (1947).

Political activity

Marcel·lí Perelló was the first Secretary of

; he also joined Nosaltres Sols! and Partit Català Proletari. His radical point of view turned him against

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. During the Spanish Civil War, Perelló directed the ''

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''. In 1939 he and his family were exiled to France, and went from there to

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, and then to

, reaching the Mexican shore in 1942. Perelló worked recycling and selling old tools, and also participated actively in the

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abroad. He was an active member of Unió Catalana Independentista, very close to Catalunya Grop from

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under the direction of Salvador Carbonell i Puig.

Bibliography

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