Mauricio Ribas Pujol 1908 - 1941

Born 22.4.1908 in Manresa
Died 1.11.1941 in Gusen

Biography

Maurici Ribas Pujol was born in Manresa in 1908, at number 30 Carrer Montserrat, in the Escodines neighborhood. He was the son of Isidre and Magdalena, and the youngest of five brothers. He completed his military service in 1929 and married Carme Cristina Codina, from Torelló, in 1931. At the time of the fascist coup in July 1936, he was registered at 127 Carrer Major in the Poble Nou neighborhood, living with his 24-year-old wife and their 2-year-old son, Isidre. Maurici worked as an electrician at the Vives S.A. factory. His mother and two of his brothers had been living in Béziers, France, for several years.

During the war, he went to the front as part of a sapper company. He crossed the French border during the Republican retreat on February 8, 1939. He was confined to the refugee camp in Agde, from which he was temporarily released and taken in by his brother and mother in Béziers. Later, he was forced to join a Spanish Workers Company (CTE) serving the French army. He was captured by the Germans on June 22, 1940, during the invasion and fall of France. He was imprisoned at Frontstalag 210, located in Strasbourg.

Maurici Ribas was among the group deported to Mauthausen on December 13, 1940, which included other men from Manresa: Bernat Toran, Jacint Carrió, Enric Cunill, Francesc Playà, Josep Pons, and Pere Parés. At Mauthausen, he was assigned prisoner number 5,195. On March 29, 1941, he was transferred to Gusen, with the number 11,453. He died there on November 1 of that year, at the age of 33. His death certificate lists his profession as cook. The time of death was 8:15, and the cause was “pneumonia.” He left behind a widow and an orphaned child.

That same day, around twenty other Republicans also died.

 

Jordi Ribas (2025), relative

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