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Military service of Josep Tarradellas in Melilla

Date
1979
Archive
Archive Montserrat Tarradellas i Macià (Monastery of Poblet)
Document type
Imatge fixa
Reference code
C01_S12_N03_P01
Link to the online document
Description

This document on the military service of Josep Tarradellas in Melilla provides a little-known view of the life trajectory of one of the most relevant politicians in the contemporary history of Catalonia. The last president of the Generalitat in exile, and the first to return after the Franco dictatorship, experienced a stage of training and discipline in a military context that would mark part of his political character. This file allows us to better understand his personal experience within the structure of the Spanish State, at a time when Catalonia still did not have self-government. His subsequent career as an institutional leader and key figure in the democratic reconstruction of the country connects with the European values ​​of reconciliation, memory and institutionality. The document is therefore a significant piece for reconstructing the biography of a man who contributed decisively to the reintegration of Catalonia into the European democratic framework.