Julián Zugazagoitia

Julian Zugazagoitia. (1899–1940). Spanish journalist and politician. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he was close to Indalecio Prieto and the editor of the El Socialista.^[1] In the first weeks of the Spanish Civil War he wrote against the paseos and denounced the anarchist and communist secret prisons (checas).^[2] In October 1936 he wrote in El Socialista: "The life of an adversary who surrenders is unassailable; non combatant can dispose of that life. That is not how the rebels behave? It matters no. It is how we should behave.".^[3] In May 1937 he was appointed by the prime minister, Juan Negrín, as minister of Interior of the Second Spanish Republic.^[4] Because of the abduction and killing of Andreu Nin, he dismissed the Director General of Security, Antonio Ortega and threatened to resign as minister.^[5] In 1938, he supported the dissolution by force of the Anarchist controlled, Consejo de Aragon.^[6] He was replaced in May 1938,^[7] but in April 1938, he was appointed secretary of the ministry of defence.^[8] After the war, he fled to France, but in 1940 was arrested by the Gestapo, handed over to Spain and executed.^[9] In France he wrote a history about the Spanish Civil War: Historia de la guerra en España, published in 1940.^[10]

Notes

1. ↑ Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p.208
2. ↑ Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p.393
3. ↑ Preston, Paul. (2006). The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution & revenge. Harper Perennial. London. p.232
4. ↑ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 651
5. ↑ Preston, Paul. (2006). The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution & revenge. Harper Perennial. London. p.262
6. ↑ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 296
7. ↑ Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931–1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p.411
8. ↑ Preston, Paul. (2006). The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution & revenge. Harper Perennial. London. pp.284-285
9. ↑ Beevor, Antony. (2006). The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. Penguin Books. London. p.413
10. ↑ Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p.412

Bibliography

• Beevor, Antony. (2006). The battle for Spain. The Spanish civil war, 1936-1939. Penguin Books. London. ISBN 978-0-14-303765-1.
• Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. ISBN 978-0-691-00757-1
• Preston, Paul. (2006). The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution & revenge. Harper Perennial. London. ISBN 978-0-00-723207-9 ISBN 0-00-723207-1
• Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. ISBN 978-0-14-101161-5