Cipriano Mera Papers

Period 1939-1960
Total size   0.01 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Born in Madrid 1897, died in Paris 1975; construction worker; anarchist; participated in the anarchist uprising in Saragossa in 1933; directed in 1936 the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) strike to protect the Popular Front government; militia leader and army commander in the Spanish Civil War; participated in the battles of Madrid, Guadalajara and Brunette; joined the `Casado revolt' and broke the communist resistance against the National Defence Council in 1939; arrested in Algeria and imprisoned for seven years; went to France, where he was active in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) in exile.

Content

Two manuscripts by Mera on the Spanish Civil War used for the editing of his memoirs; photocopies of some correspondence between Indalecio Prieto and P. Alfarache, S. Subero and M. Yoldi 1942; an article by Prieto concerning Francisco Largo Caballero and Federica Montseny.