La Mano - Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden
N 59° 19.072 E 018° 04.872
34V E 333890 N 6579087
This large monument, shaped like a hand, is located adjacent to Katarinavägen on Södermalm, south of the main city center of Stockholm, Sweden.
Waymark Code: WMFGC5
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Date Posted: 10/16/2012
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"La Mano (Spanish for 'hand') is a monument to the memory of the Swedes who died during the Spanish Civil War, most of whom fought in Thalmann Battalion. It stands on Katarinavägen on Södermalm in central Stockholm. The monument was created by artist Liss Eriksson and produced by him along with sculptor George Lange and was completed in the 1977. Lange has also made Spain map in stone on the ground next to the statue. On it are engraved the main battles, and they are mentioned in the quote on the pedestal." (
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The engraving on the pedistal, in the shape of an uplifted hand, reads:
Of the 500 Swedes who in 1936-38 were fighting for democracy in Spain one third were killed. They gave their best at Madrid, Jarama, Guadalajara, Brunete, Teruel, Aragon, Ebro.
Hikers, stop - remember them with pride.
On the back of the pedistal, there is also a metal plate in Catalan, that reads:
The city of Mataró in tribute to the International Brigades.
February 1996
"Mataró is the capital and largest city of the comarca of the Maresme, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia Autonomous Community, Spain. It is located on the Costa del Maresme, to the south of Costa Brava, between Cabrera de Mar and Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, to the north-east of Barcelona." (
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