A necessary review
The recent study of the victims of the bombing in Granollers, which took place on May 31, 1938, has revealed four new names that are incorporated into the official list. At the same time, two entries that were previously included were eliminated. This review is the result of the joint effort of the Municipal Archive of Granollers and Can Jonch Center for Culture for Peace, which have been working on the collection of data and documents of that period.
Rigorous information source
Various resources have been used for updating the list, including the Municipal Cemetery Register, which documents all deaths between 1930 and 1939, as well as sheets of hospitals such as the Clinic and Sant Pau. These institutions attended many of the injured during the air attack by Italian aviation under Franco.
Updated data
With these new additions, the total number of people dead in Granollers during the bombing rises to 228. Laura Casanovas, responsible for the Municipal Archive, emphasizes that the review is a continuous process and that, if new indications are discovered, more names will be added to the list.
New recognized victims
Recent names include Pere Illas Mas, Antoni Cuní Masnou, Carme Bonet and Margarita Anglès Anglès Anglès. Pere Illas, for example, is documented as a victim on a porch record and died at Sant Pau Hospital two days after the attack.
Life stories
Antoni Cuní, a neighbor of Granollers, is also listed as a victim and his death has been verified thanks to the cemetery index. Carme Bonet, on the other hand, is registered as a wound in the bombing, although there is a mistake on the date. Finally, Margarita Anglès, who was 78 years old at the time of the bombing, had been mentioned earlier, but her name had been mistakenly withdrawn.
Necessary corrections
On the other hand, the names of Josepa Juncà Mas and Ferran Pujol have been eliminated. The confusion with Josepa is due to an error in the record confused with Francesc Juncà Mas, while Ferran’s case is a duplication with variations in the second last name. These reviews emphasize the importance of accurate documentation in historical memory.
The importance of memory
The update work not only seeks to rectify names, it also serves as a reminder of the devastating consequences of the war. The victims, now recognized, represent not only numbers in a list, but also stories of broken lives and affected communities. The investigative task continues, and each new discovery brings one more piece to the puzzle of our collective history.