San Simón - Redondela, Pontevedra, Galicia, España - Retired Prisons on Waymarking.com

Starting in 1936, with the arrival of the Spanish Civil War, the island's buildings were used as a concentration and extermination camp1 for political prisoners opposed to Francoism. At first, most of them came from nearby areas such as Vigo, Pontevedra, Orense and Villagarcía de Arosa; after the fall of the republican northern front, the prisoners came from Asturias, León, Cantabria and the Basque Country, and after the civil war, prisoners were transferred from all the prisons in Spain. It was officially classified as a penal colony, but in reality it was a concentration camp for communist, republican, socialist or anarchist political prisoners. It remained in operation until 1943, it ceased to function as a prison, suffering a gradual abandonment, only interrupted in summer by the members of Franco's Guard, with the name of Colonia de Educación y Descanso.

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Esp: A partir de 1936, con la llegada de la Guerra Civil Española, los edificios de la isla fueron empleados como campo de concentración y de exterminio1? para los presos políticos contrarios al Franquismo. En un primer momento, en su mayoría provenían de zonas próximas como Vigo, Pontevedra, Orense y Villagarcía de Arosa; después de la caída del frente norte republicano los presos provenían de Asturias, León, Cantabria y País Vasco, y terminada la guerra civil fueron trasladados presos desde todas las cárceles de España. Fue calificada oficialmente como colonia penitenciaria, pero en realidad era un campo de concentración para los presos políticos comunistas, republicanos, socialistas o anarquistas. Se mantuvo en funcionamiento hasta el año 1943, dejó de funcionar como cárcel, sufriendo un paulatino abandono, solo interrumpido en las épocas estivales por los miembros de la Guardia de Franco, con nombre de Colonia de Educación y Descanso

Address: Illa de San Simón Redondela, Pontevedra, Galicia España Open to the public: Yes Hours: For more information you can send us an email to info@mardeons.com or call us at (+34) 986 22 52 72. Fees?: Adults: € 15.00 Children (from 5 to 12 years old): € 6.00 Children under 5 years old: Free Web link: [Web Link]

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