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Preliminary proceedings on the bombings in the city of Tarragona on March 14 and 15, 1938.

Date
1938
Archive
Central Archive of the Courts of Tarragona
Document type
Textual
Reference code
CAT AJTGN JUD JPII01TGN D. PRELIMINARS
Link to the archive
Description

The preliminary proceedings on the bombings in the city of Tarragona on March 14 and 15, 1938 are a direct testimony of the indiscriminate violence against the civilian population during the Civil War. This document collects the effects of the airstrikes, the victims, the material damage and the institutional reactions. Tarragona, like many other Catalan cities, suffered intensely from the bombings, which sought to demoralize the population and destroy key infrastructures. This record connects with other episodes of total war experienced in Europe and highlights the need to preserve the memory of conflicts to avoid their repetition. It is also a sample of how administrative documentation can become a source for historical reconstruction and justice.