Hello, welcome to this podcast, from the Canary Islands for those who aren't afraid to face history head-on .
This episode is not comfortable. It doesn't intend to be. Today I open pages that many would like to close: dictatorships that crushed voices, crimes hidden under flags, silences that still scream. You will hear testimonies, fragments of memory, and analyses that make you uncomfortable. Because to remember is to resist. Because forgetting is also violence.
I’ve already mentioned in recent episodes that Spain had several concentration camps. Today I want to focus on one that was located in my neighborhood: According to historical records, there was a concentration camp in the area of La Isleta, Puerto de la Luz, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, which operated during the Francoist dictatorship.
The La Isleta concentration camp in Las Palmas was a center of Francoist repression, active mainly between 1936 and 1937, and later in 1958–1959, used to imprison political opponents and Moroccan prisoners.
Here is a detailed summary of this place:
Location and Historical Context
La Isleta, located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, was a strategic military zone where a concentration camp was established after the coup d’état of July 1936.
The camp operated as part of the Francoist repressive apparatus, especially during the early months of the conflict, when there was no war front in the Canary Islands, but there was intense political repression.
Characteristics of the Camp
Initial Period (July 1936 – February 1937): Used to confine republicans, trade unionists, Freemasons, freethinkers, and anyone considered an enemy of the Francoist regime.
Second Use (1958–1959): Reused to imprison Moroccan prisoners captured during the Ifni War.
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