Neus Català
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Born | Neus Català i Pallejà 6 October 1915 Els Guiamets, Catalonia, Spain |
Died | 13 April 2019 Els Guiamets, Catalonia, Spain | (aged 103)
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Known for | Catalan survivor of Ravensbrück concentration camp |
Neus Català i Pallejà (6 October 1915 – 13 April 2019)[1] was a member of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (Catalan: Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya, PSUC) during the Spanish Civil War and was a survivor of the concentration camp of Ravensbrück. She is one of many Catalans (both men and women) who survived internment in the Nazi concentration camp system.
Biography
Neus Català was born on 6 October 1915 in Els Guiamets, Tarragona, Catalonia.[2] However, her godmother officially registered her birth on 15 June that year, because of the disappearance of the documentation of the Municipality of Barcelona after the Spanish Civil War.[citation needed] Català moved to Barcelona at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War and obtained her nursing degree.[3]
In 1939, escaping the Francoist forces, she crossed the French border, taking with her 182 orphaned children
Català remained in France continuing her clandestine struggle against Francoist Spain.[3][4] She lived in Sarcelles, near the city of Paris, and chaired the Association of Victims of Ravensbrück.[4] In 1978, she returned to Catalonia to live in Rubí, Barcelona.[3]
She continued her membership in the Communist Party of Catalonia (PCC), United and Alternative Left (EUiA), and the Pere Ardiaca Foundation, of which she was a member of honor at the time of her death.[citation needed]
With her second husband Sancho, had two children Margarita and Lluís.[3] She died on 13 April 2019, at the age of 103.[7]
Recognition
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In February 2019, the City of Paris awarded her the 'Grand Vermeil Medal', the highest distinction of the French capital. In July of the same year, the Council of Paris voted unanimously to name a street between the 11th arrondissement and the 20th arrondissement in her memory.[9]
Neus Català's Year
Catalonia dedicated 2015 to the memory of Català, who, about one hundred years old, was the last living person in Spain who survived
References
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- ^ a b c d Creus, Jordi (2007). Dones contra Franco. Barcelona: Ara Llibres.
- ^ ACN, Falset (14 June 2015).
- ^ «Neus Català».
- ^ Colell, Elisenda (13 April 2019). "Muere a los 103 años Neus Català, superviviente de los campos de exterminio nazi". elperiodico. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ March, Oriol.
- ^ "Council of Paris". Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ Catalunya dedica el 2015 a Neus Català, l'ùltima supervivent de Ravensbrück.
Bibliography
- Català, Neus (2005). De la resistencia y la deportación: 50 testimonios de mujeres españolas [Of resistance and deportation: 50 testimonies of Spanish women]. Barcelona: Memorial Democràtic. OCLC 936144680.
- Belenguer Mercadé, Elisenda (2006). Neus Català: memòria i lluita. Barcelona: Debarris. OCLC 803461366.
- Mar Trallero, "Neus Català: la mujer antifascista en Europa", Barcelona, Mina, 2008, ISBN 978-84-96499-94-2
- Carme Martí, Un cel de plom (novela), Barcelona: Amsterdam llibres, 2012. ISBN 978-84-15224-51-8
- Carme Martí, Cenizas en el cielo (novela, traducción de Un cel de plom): Roca Editorial, 2012. ISBN 978-84-9918-455-5
- Material gràfic de Neus Català sobre la Guerra Civil Espanyola, l'Alemanya nazi i els camps de concentració 1933-2006. Barcelona : CRAI Biblioteca del Pavelló de la República, 2006.