Saturnino Carod
Spanish trade unionist (1903-1988)
Saturnino Carod Lerín (Moneva, 21 February 1903 – Barcelona, 7 March 1988) was an Aragonese anarchist politician and guerrilla. During the Spanish Civil War he commanded a militia column and later, during World War II he played an active role in the French Resistance.
Biography
He was born in Moneva on 21 February 1903, into a peasant family. He moved to Zaragoza and later to Barcelona, where he worked in construction. There he joined the National Confederation of Labor (CNT), and also learned to read and write. During the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera he went into exile in France, from where he returned after the amnesty that followed the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic, in April 1931. In February 1936 he was part of the CNT Regional Committee of Aragon, and together with Florentino Galván, he was in charge of organizing the farmers of Valderrobres.
The Spanish Coup of July 1936 surprised him in Zaragoza, where he was secretary of propaganda of the Regional Committee. The following day he managed to flee from the capital to Tortosa, where he formed the Carod-Ferrer Column. In September they joined the South Ebro Column of Antonio Ortiz Ramírez.
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