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Memorial Battle International Brigades Ciudad University

This memorial commemorates the battle of the International Brigades in the Battle of Ciudad Universitaria, which took place from 15 to 23 November 1936. This led to a Republican strategic victory. The monument is engraved:

" Sois la historia, sois la leyenda, sois el ejemplo heroico de la solidaridad y de la universalidad de la democracia"

"You are the history, you are the legend, you are the heroic example of solidarity and the universality of democracy"

Pronounced on November 1, 1938 by Dolores Ibarruri, La pasionaria, during the farewell ceremony of the International Brigades in Barcelona.

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries en Jan de Jager
  • Photos: Jan de Jager
  • https://www.rutasconhistoria.es/loc/monumento-a-las-brigadas-internacionales
  • NOGALES, M.C., De slag om Madrid.

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