Francisco Fervenza Fernández
Born(1907-08-15)August 15, 1907
Santander, Spain
DiedJanuary 13, 1998(1998-01-13) (aged 90)
Valencia, Spain
AllegianceCNT
ServiceConfederal militias (1936–1937),
Spanish Republican Army (1937–1939)
Unit12th Santanderina Brigade
Commands held
Battles/warsSpanish Civil War:

Francisco Fervenza Fernández (Santander, Spain, August 15, 1907– Valencia, January 13, 1998) was a Cantabrian anarcho-syndicalist.

Biography

He was born in Santander on August 15, 1907.[1] A metallurgical worker by profession, he became a trade union activist and member of the National Confederation of Labor (Spanish: Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, CNT).[1]

After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War joined the confederal militias. He commanded a battalion of the CNT that acted in the mountainous area of Cantabria.[2] Later was named commander of the 12th Santanderina Brigade,[3][4] with which he took part in the War in the North.

At the end of the war he was arrested in Alicante, being imprisoned. He was moved to Santander, where he was tried and sentenced to death, although his sentence was commuted thanks to favorable testimonies received by civilians and relatives of those who had been saved by him.[1]

He died in Valencia on January 13, 1998.

References

Bibliography

  • Engel, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Madrid: Almena. ISBN 84-922644-7-0.
  • Gutiérrez Flores, Jesús (2006). Guerra civil en Cantabria y pueblos de Castilla (in Spanish). Libros en Red.
  • Solla Gutiérrez, Miguel Ángel (2010). La República sitiada. Trece meses de Guerra Civil en Cantabria (in Spanish). Santander: Ediciones de la Universidad de Cantabria.
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