Unit Name: | Red and Black Column |
Native Name: | Columna Roja y Negra |
Allegiance: | CNT |
Branch: | Confederal militias |
Type: | Militia |
Role: | Home defense |
Size: | 1,500 |
Garrison: | Sipan, Igriés |
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Battles: | Spanish Civil War |
Notable Commanders: | García Pradas, Luis Jiménez Pajarero |
The Red and Black Column was the fifth militia column organized by the CNT-FAI in Barcelona to send to the Aragon front. Its incorporation took place in mid-September, in the Province of Huesca as a reinforcement to the anarchist Ascaso and Harriers columns.
According to Alberto Bayo, the contingent formed with "militiamen from the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, a century of foreigners, young people from Estat Català, from the National Confederation of Labor, from the Republican Left of Catalonia, Acció Catalana and the Iberian Anarchist Federation".[1]