Paris names avenue after concentration camp survivor Neus Català
Anti-fascist activist who died aged 103 earlier this year also posthumously receives city's highest honor, the Grand Vermeil Medal
Anti-fascist activist who died aged 103 earlier this year also posthumously receives city's highest honor, the Grand Vermeil Medal
Conxita Grangé died in Toulouse, aged 94
Catalan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Raül Romeva, joined the international gathering this weekend to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, the biggest example of Nazi brutality in Austria. On Sunday, Romeva unveiled a plaque at Mauthausen Concetration Camp to “pay homage to the memory of all the victims of the Nazi concentration camps and to those who survived them”. Around 2,000 Catalans died at the Mauthausen-Gusen camp between [falten les dates aquí]. “We ourselves lived through our own Civil War just before World War II and we are very familiar with the ugly face of fascism and the ravages of violence,” added Romeva. Other associations such as Amical Mauthausen and the Catalan Association of Friends of Israel also participated in paying their respects.