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Red and Black Column

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Red and Black Column
Columna Roja y Negra
Country Spanish Republic
Allegiance CNT
Branch Confederal militias
TypeMilitia
RoleHome defense
Size1,500
Garrison/HQSipan,
Igriés
EngagementsSpanish Civil War:
Aragon front
Commanders
Notable
commanders
García Pradas,
Luis Jiménez Pajarero

The Red and Black Column was the fifth militia column organized by the CNT-FAI in Barcelona to send to the Aragon front. Its incorporation took place in mid-September, in the Province of Huesca as a reinforcement to the anarchist Ascaso and Harriers columns.

According to Alberto Bayo, the contingent formed with "militiamen from the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, a century of foreigners, young people from Estat Català, from the National Confederation of Labor, from the Republican Left of Catalonia, Acció Catalana and the Iberian Anarchist Federation".[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Bayo, My landing in Mallorca , p. 66

Bibliography

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  • Torralba Coronas, Pedro. From Ayerbe to Red and Black. 127 Mixed Brigade . Barcelona, 1980.
  • Rodrigo, Antonina. "María Lejárraga: a woman in the shade". Barcelona, 2005
  • Josep Massot i Muntaner. 'Of war and exile: Mallorca, Montserrat, France, Mexico, 1936-1975' . Barcelona, 2000
  • Pedreira, Josep. Catalan soldiers in the Red and Black (1936-1939) . Barcelona, 2003