Pascual Fresquet Llopis Explained

Pascual Fresquet
Native Name:Pascual Fresquet Llopis
Native Name Lang:ca
Birth Date:6 January 1907
Birth Place:Alcalà de Xivert, Baix Maestrat, Castellón, Valencia, Spain
Death Place:Aubanha, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,
France
Allegiance: CNT-FAI
Branch: Confederal militias
Branch Label:Service
Serviceyears:1936
Unit:South Ebro Column
Commands:Brigade of Death
Battles:Spanish Civil War

Pascual Fresquet Llopis (Alcalà de Xivert, 6 January 1907 – 14 August 1957) was a Valencian libertarian communist and the leader of the Death Brigade.

Biography

Pascual Fresquet Llopis was born in 1907 in Alcalà de Xivert. As a child his family emigrated to La Torrassa, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat district, which was made up of a working population that was mostly affiliated with the CNT. His parents worked on the Barcelona Metro and his mother, Purificación Llopis, ran an inn on Carrer Sugranyes. Fresquet was the president of the CNT construction union in the Sants neighborhood in 1936.[1]

With the outbreak of the war, he came to command the Brigade of Death, a unit linked to the FAI that was responsible for more than 200 murders between July and September 1936.[2]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. News: Tras la Brigada de la Muerte. 26 July 2008. 11 December 2020. es. Barcelona. El Pais. Lali. Cambra.
  2. Web site: La Presentación del libro "L'ÒMNIBUS DE LA MORT" del TONI ORENSANZ en Libreria Serret el pasado dia 6 de diciembre y las "Brigadas de la Muerte" en Aragón. es. Llibreria Serret. Orensanz. Toni. 14 January 2009. 11 December 2020.