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Personal file of Alfonso Laurencic, inmate of the Barcelona Men’s Penitentiary Center (Model Prison) (18/02/1939 – 09/07/1939)

Date
1939
Archive
National Archive of Catalonia
Document type
Textual
Reference code
ANC1-236-T-176984
Link to the online document
Description

The personal file of Alfonso Laurencic, interned in the Model Prison in Barcelona in 1939, is a document that shows the harshness of Franco’s repression immediately after the war. Laurencic, accused of collaboration with the Republic, was imprisoned and executed, and his case became a symbol of institutional revenge against the vanquished. This document reflects the loss of legal guarantees, the criminalization of dissent and the establishment of a regime of fear. It is also an example of how prison archives can help reconstruct the memory of repression and dignify the victims. This file connects with other repressive processes experienced in Europe under authoritarian regimes.