Francisco Sánchez López 1907 - 1942

Born 22.3.1907 in Posadas
Died 9.1.1942 in Gusen

Biography

He was born on 22/03/1907 in Posadas (Córdoba, Spain). He was a day labourer.

For three years he fought to defend Republican democracy until, in February 1939, he had to flee to France to escape Franco's advance.

After passing through several concentration camps in France, he enlisted in the 108th company of Spanish workers (Compañía de Trabajadores Extranjeros/Compagnie de travailleurs étrangers, CTE) serving in the French army to try to stop the German invasion. Adolf Hitler's troops captured him and he was interned in Stalag XI-A Altengrabow (Germany). From there, he was transferred to Mauthausen, where he arrived on 26/04/1941. Registration number: 3810. Transferred to Gusen, registration number 13830, and killed on 09/01/1942.

He left in Spain his wife, Isabel, who died of grief shortly after Francisco left, and two children. Carmen and Manolo. His daughter was the contact person in the camp documents. She was barely 7 years old in 1941.

“My pigeons, motherless and fatherless, but I do not lose the strength to embrace you soon. Your father who really loves you” (Postcard sent by Francisco to his children during his exile in France, before he was imprisoned and transferred to Mauthausen.)

 

Asociación Triángulo Azul Stolpersteine de Córdoba y Jaén

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