Cipriano Mera
Cipriano Mera | |
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Birth name | Cipriano Mera Sanz |
Nickname(s) | El Viejo (The Old Man) |
Born | Madrid, Spain | 4 November 1897
Died | 24 October 1975 Saint-Cloud, France | (aged 77)
Allegiance | Confederal militias (1936) Spanish Republic (1936–1939) |
Service/ | Spanish Republican Army |
Years of service | 1936–1939 |
Rank | General |
Commands held | Mera Column (1936) 14th Division (1937) IV Army Corps (1937–1939) |
Battles/wars | Spanish Civil War
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Other work | activist, Bricklayer |
Cipriano Mera Sanz (4 November 1897 – 24 October 1975) was a Spanish military and political figure during the Second Spanish Republic.
Early life
He had two sons (Floreal and Sergio) with his partner Teresa Gómez. A bricklayer,[1] he joined the anarchist movement and presided over the construction union of Madrid of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT). During the congress celebrated in Zaragoza three months before the beginning of the Spanish Revolution, he was in favor of the most radical, collaborating sectors of the Federación Anarquista Ibérica (FAI). Mera led a strike of construction workers, electricians, and elevator operators in Madrid in June 1936. As a result, he was imprisoned in early July.[2]
Spanish Civil War
When the
The end of the war
By 1939 Mera was convinced that the Republicans would be defeated.
Exile and death
He marched to
Films
He appeared as himself in the 1936 CNT film production "Castilla Libertaria". In 2009, a documentary entitled "Vivir de Pie. Las Guerras de Cipriano Mera" (Living on Your Feet: The Struggles of Cipriano Mera) was released.[13]
References
- ^ Beevor 2006, p. 410
- ^ Beevor, Antony. The battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War. 1936-1939. Penguin books. London. 2006. pag. 48
- ^ Beevor, Antony. The battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War. 1936-1939. Penguin books. London. 2006. p.77
- ^ Beevor, Antony. The battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War. 1936-1939. Penguin books. London. 2006. pp.219-220
- ^ Beevor, Antony. The battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War. 1936-1939. Penguin books. London. 2006. p.283
- ^ Christie 2003, p. 12
- ^ Beevor, Antony. The battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War. 1936-1939. Penguin books. London. 2006. pp.388-389
- ^ Beevor 2006, pp. 391–392
- ^ Preston, Paul. The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution & revenge. Harper Perennial. London, 2006. p.298
- ^ Beevor, Antony. The battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War. 1936-1939. Penguin books. London. 2006. p. 410
- ^ Beevor 2006, p. 492
- ^ Beevor, Antony. The battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War. 1936-1939. Penguin books. London. 2006. p. 410
- ^ Vivir de pie. Las guerras de Cipriano Mera IMDb
Sources
- Beevor, Antony (2006). The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939. ISBN 0-14-303765-X.
- Christie, Stuart (2003). General Franco Made Me a 'terrorist'. Christie Books. ISBN 1-873976-19-4.
- Preston, Paul. The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution & revenge. Harper Perennial. London, 2006.
External links
- Cipriano Mera Page from the Anarchist Encyclopedia
- Cipriano Mera: Portrait of a Battler by Julián Vadillo Muñoz