Pedro Rodríguez Gil 1900 - 1941

Born 31.1.1900 in Belmez
Died 29.8.1941 in Gusen

Biography

He was born on 31/01/1900 in Belmez (Córdoba, Spain). He was married to Irene Pozo and they had three daughters. He was a boilermaker.

During the Civil War he was repairing planes at the base in Alcantarilla (Murcia). He then fled and took refuge with his family in France, where he worked as a mechanic in the French aviation workshops in Cognac (Air Battalion of the 3rd Compañía de Trabajadores Extranjeros/Compagnie de travailleurs étrangers, CTE).

He was captured at Fronstalag 184, Angoulême. The women and children under the age of thirteen were sent to Irún, to be handed over to Franco's police. 431 men and teenagers were imprisoned in the camp, including Pedro and 35 others from Córdoba, of whom only two saw the liberation of the camp in 1945. From Angoulême the convoy called ‘of the 927 Spaniards’ left on 20/08/1940. After four days of overcrowding on the train, without food and hygiene, they arrived at Mauthausen on 24/08/1940. 

In Mauthausen, it had the registration number 4035. On 24/01/1941, he was transferred to Gusen, where he was assigned the number 9631. There, he was killed on 29/08/1941.

 

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