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The document is a striking testimony of the repression and the Catalan political diaspora after the Civil War. The exile of figures like Casanovas symbolizes the institutional breakdown and the loss of democratic sovereignties. This image, preserved in the Regional Archive of Alt Pened\u00e8s, reflects the human dimension of uprooting and resistance. 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