Feliciano Benito Anaya
Feliciano Benito Anaya | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1896 Tabladillo, Segovia,  Spain |
| Died | October 26, 1940 (aged 43–44) Guadalajara,  Spain |
| Buried | Guadalajara cemetery |
| Allegiance |  CNT |
| Service | Confederal militias (1936–1937), Spanish Republican Army (1937–1939) |
| Years of service | 1936–1939 |
| Unit | IV Army Corps (1937–1939) |
| Battles/wars | Spanish Civil War: |
Feliciano Benito Anaya (c. 1896–1940) was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist.
Biography[edit]
Born around 1896 in the Segovian town of Tabladillo, some time later he moved to Madrid, where he worked as a carpenter. At an early age he joined the National Confederation of Labor (Spanish: Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, CNT). Known as «Father Benito»,[1] he was part of the «Los Libertos» group of the Ateneo de Divulgación Social.[2]
After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he joined the confederal militias. He came to command a column that received his name and that operated on the Guadalajara-Sigüenza front.[3] In the fall of 1936 he participated in the Battle of Sigüenza, although its forces were unable to defend the city from the nationalist assault. He also became a military commander of Tarancón.[4] Later he became part of the political commissariat of the People's Army of the Republic.[5] He came to serve as political commissar of the IV Army Corps,[6][1] on the Guadalajara front. In the last days of the war he was appointed as commissar of the Central Army.[7]
Captured by the nationalists, he was shot on 26 October 1940 in the Guadalajara cemetery.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Gabriel 2011, p. 479.
- ^ Alcalá 2007, p. 38.
- ^ Llarch 1976, pp. 37, 50–51.
- ^ Paz 2007, p. 567.
- ^ Álvarez 1989, pp. 230, 254.
- ^ Álvarez 1989, p. 179.
- ^ Engel 1999, p. 176.
Bibliography[edit]
- Alcalá, César (2007). Las checas del terror: la desmemoria histórica al descubierto (in Spanish). Madrid: LibrosLibres. ISBN 978-84-96088-59-7.
- Álvarez, Santiago (1989). Los comisarios políticos en el Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Ediciós do Castro.
- Engel, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Madrid: Almena. 84-922644-7-0.
- Gabriel, Pere (2011). Historia de la UGT IV. Un sindicalismo en guerra (1936-1939) (in Spanish). Siglo XXI de España Editores.
- Llarch, Joan (1976). Cipriano Mera. Un anarquista en la guerra de España (in Spanish). Euros.
- Paz, Abel (2007). Durruti in the Spanish Revolution. AK Press. ISBN 978-1-904859-50-5.