Wenceslao Carrillo
Spanish politician (1889–1963)
Wenceslao Carrillo Alonso-Forjador (9 October 1889 in Valladolid, Spain – 7 November 1963 in Charleroi, Belgium) was a prominent Spanish Socialist leader and the father of Santiago Carrillo. He belonged to the "Caballerist" faction of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and participated in the Casado's coup of March 1939.
“Wenceslao Carrillo” enters the record as spanish politician (1889–1963). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Wenceslao, Carrillo and Spanish can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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