GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ

Photographer

Mass Grave : Memory Recovery

Location: Spain, Madrid

Nationality: Peruvian/Spanish

Biography: I'm a passionate photojournalist born in Lima, Peru, and currently based in Madrid, Spain. I studied photojournalism in Madrid and am now working as a freelance photographer, specializing in documentary photography and photojournalism. Before... MORE

Team of the Aranzandi Science S...9 were thrown off. Madrid Spain

Team of the Aranzandi Science Society working in the exhumation. The San Sebastián de los Reyes Truth Commission Association and the Aranzadi Science Society have begun excavating one of the two graves in Colmenar Viejo, in the Madrid Community, where the bodies of 107 men and one woman shot by Franco's forces in 1939 were thrown off. Madrid Spain

Rest of a body is seen during t...9 were thrown off. Madrid Spain

Rest of a body is seen during the exhumation. The San Sebastián de los Reyes Truth Commission Association and the Aranzadi Science Society have begun excavating one of the two graves in Colmenar Viejo, in the Madrid Community, where the bodies of 107 men and one woman shot by Franco's forces in 1939 were thrown off. Madrid Spain

The Minister of the Presidency,...ere buried in 1939 Madrid Spain

The Minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Courts and Democratic Memory, Felix Bolaños, visits the work of exhumations in the the Colmenar Viejo cemetery in Madrid, where the bodies of 107 men and one woman, victims of Francos regime were buried in 1939 Madrid Spain

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Mass Grave : Memory Recovery

Date of Work Aug 2022 - Aug 2022

Updated Sep 2022

Location Spain/Madrid/Colmenar Viejo Cementery

Topics Black and White, Breaking News, Civil Rights, Civil Wars, civilian casualties, Community, Conflict, Crime, Dictatorship, Editorial, Genocide, Historical, History, Human Rights, Journalism, News, Photography, Social Justice, Violence, War, World

First exhumation of civilian victims of the Civil War in the Community of Madrid from the 22nd August 2022. to the 31st August 2022.

The San Sebastián de los Reyes Truth Commission Association and the Aranzadi Science Society have begun excavating one of the two graves in Colmenar Viejo Cemetery, in the Madrid Community, where the bodies of 107 men and one woman shot by Franco's forces in 1939 were buried.

The first phase of the exhumations in the Colmenar Viejo cemetery (Madrid) concluded this Wednesday 31st August 2022 and the remains of 11 of the 108 bodies of victims of Francoism were found.

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