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Juan Serrano Bruno 1913 - 1942 Edit

Born 21.7.1913 in Mengíbar
Died 3.1.1942 in Gusen

Biography

He was born on July 21, 1913, in Mengíbar (Jaén, Spain). He was a day laborer by profession and married to Petra Galán Arenas. In the Spanish Civil War, he belonged to the 24th Mixed Brigade, rising to the rank of corporal, serving in Seseña, the Battle of Jarama, and the Ebro, among others. He crossed the border in February 1939, through Le Perthus, after the war was lost, forced into exile.

Once in France, he was held in the Saint-Cyprien internment camp, where he enlisted in the 108th Foreign Workers Company (Compañía de Trabajadores Extranjeros/Compagnie de travailleurs étrangers, CTE), serving with the French Army. He was stationed at the Maginot Line, Sector 11, working on the construction of artillery-fortified fronts in the towns of Faulquemont, Saint-Florentin, and Morhange. His last residence was in Guessling-Hémering. On June 20, 1940, after the Nazis invaded France, he was captured in Delle and taken as a prisoner of war to Frontstalag 140 in Belfort, with registration number 8880. He remained there until January 1941, when he was transferred to Stalag XI-A in Altengrabow, Germany. From there he arrived at the Mauthausen concentration camp on April 26, 1941, where he was assigned registration number 3809. On October 20, 1941, he was transferred to the Gusen subcamp with registration number 13986, where he was murdered on January 3, 1942, at the age of just 28.

 

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