List of massacres in Spain

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Spain (numbers may be approximate):

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Cordoba massacre 1013 Cordoba 2,000 Muslim massacred Jews
1066 Granada massacre 30 December 1066 Granada 4000[1] Muslim mobs massacred Jews
1977 Massacre of Atocha 24 January 1977 Madrid 5[2] 4 injured[2]
1936 Massacre of Badajoz 15 August 1936 Badajoz Between 1,341[3] and 4,000[4]
Málaga-Almería road massacre 8 February 1937 Málaga-Almería road ~5000[5]
Paracuellos massacre November–December 1936 Paracuellos del Jarama, Torrejón de Ardoz 1,000-4,000[6][7][8]
rebelión de las alpujarras 1568 Galera, Granada 2.500[9]

References

  1. Granada by Richard Gottheil, Meyer Kayserling, Jewish Encyclopedia. 1906 ed.
  2. 1 2 "Memoria viva de las víctimas de la matanza de Atocha" (in Spanish). El País.
  3. Espinosa, Francisco. La columna de la muerte. El avance del ejército franquista de Sevilla a Badajoz. Editorial Crítica. 2002. Barcelona. p. 432
  4. Preston, Paul. The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolutions & revenge. Harper Perennial. 2006. London. p.121 and p.270
  5. Muerte en la carretera de la costa (Spanish) (Archived at WebCite)
  6. Jackson, Gabriel.(1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1936-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p.326
  7. Preston, Paul. (2006). The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution&revenge. Harper Perennial. London. p.186
  8. Julía, Santos; Casanova, Julían; Solé i Sabaté, Josep Maria; Villarroya, Joan; and Moreno, Francisco. (2006). Víctimas de la guerra civil. Ediciones Temas de Hoy. Madrid.p.134
  9. Spain 1474-1700: the triumphs and tribulations of Empire, Colin Pendrill, page 77, 2002
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