Locus amoenus, locus terribilis: El campamento de prisioneros del Prado de la Zarza (Guadalajara), 1938-1939

Luis Antonio Ruiz Casero, Carlos Marín Suárez, Marianna Bucchioni, Eduardo Alcántara Díez, Candela Martínez Barrio, Giulio Roberto Bartuli, Agnese Giannini, Alfredo González Ruibal, Alejandro González Trejo, Pedro Rodríguez Simón, Xurxo Ayán Vila, Diana Romo Guijarro, Lucia Valentín Gamazo Pintado

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Abstract

A synthesis of the results from the archaeological intervention and research in primary sources at the Prado de la Zarza prisoner camp (Cortes de Tajuña, Alcolea del Pinar, Guadalajara) is presented below. This site of repression was established in 1938 as a camp for one of the Labor Battalions (Batallones de Trabajadores, BBTT) instituted by the Francoist army and remained in operation until the spring of 1939. The work, a continuation of a general project on the materiality of the concentration camp network in the province of Guadalajara, aimed to clarify data regarding the living conditions of the prisoners; the distribution, morphology, and uses of the different structures that made up the camp; as well as to establish connections with other similar cases already studied and identify potential general characteristics of such spaces.
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)7-34
Number of pages28
JournalEbre 38
Volume14
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Keywords

  • Archaeology of Repression
  • Batallones de Trabajadores
  • concentration camp
  • Forced Labor
  • Guadalajara Front

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