Francoist repression

The concentration camp of the islands of San Simón and San Antón, in Galicia, declared a place of historical memory

Archival photograph of a group of prisoners from San Simón Island, where thousands of people were tortured and murdered.
21/08/2026 - 13:15 h.
1 min

The government has declared the islands of San Simón and San Antón, in the Vigo estuary, as a Place of Democratic Memory. On these islands, there was a Francoist concentration camp between October 1936 and March 1943, and more than 5,600 Republican prisoners passed through them.

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