Tarrafal camp
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Tarrafal was a prison camp in Cape Verde
, then a Portuguese colony, set up by the dictator António de Oliveira Salazar
after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War
(1936), where opponents of his right-wing
authoritarian regime were sent. At least 32 anarchists
, communists
, and other opponents of Salazar's regime died there.
The camp was closed in 1954 but was re-opened in the 1970s to jail African leaders fighting Portuguese colonialism
.
In 2006, the World Monument Fund named Tarrafal one of its 100 watched monuments.
Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
, then a Portuguese colony, set up by the dictator António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar, GColIH, GCTE, GCSE served as the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He also served as acting President of the Republic briefly in 1951. He founded and led the Estado Novo , the authoritarian, right-wing government that presided over and controlled Portugal...
after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
(1936), where opponents of his right-wing
Right-wing politics
In politics, Right, right-wing and rightist generally refer to support for a hierarchical society justified on the basis of an appeal to natural law or tradition. To varying degrees, the Right rejects the egalitarian objectives of left-wing politics, claiming that the imposition of equality is...
authoritarian regime were sent. At least 32 anarchists
Anarchy
Anarchy , has more than one colloquial definition. In the United States, the term "anarchy" typically is meant to refer to a society which lacks publicly recognized government or violently enforced political authority...
, communists
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
, and other opponents of Salazar's regime died there.
The camp was closed in 1954 but was re-opened in the 1970s to jail African leaders fighting Portuguese colonialism
Portuguese Colonial War
The Portuguese Colonial War , also known in Portugal as the Overseas War or in the former colonies as the War of liberation , was fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African colonies between 1961 and 1974, when the Portuguese regime was...
.
In 2006, the World Monument Fund named Tarrafal one of its 100 watched monuments.