He first vice president of the regional government, José Luis Martínez Guijarroclaimed Santa Cruz de Moya (Cuenca) as a “beacon of freedom and democracy” on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the celebration of “El Maquis in Santa Cruz de Moya” days.
A commemoration which coincided with inauguration of the new Anti-Franco Guerrilla Interpretation Center (CIGA)where the guerrilla archives are located and the exhibition room in which the ‘Maquis’ exhibition takes place. Chronicle of the anti-Franco guerrillas”, as reported by the Junta in a press release.
During his speech, Martínez Guijarro defended the need to make visible what guerrilla warfare was and to valorize it, “and to eliminate the stigma that some may have against the maquis, people who fought against Francoism in a time when they begin to reappear.” some movements across Europe.
Likewise, the first vice-president welcomed the “tenacity” of La Gavilla Verde, the association which will be responsible for managing this space, and of the Santa Cruz de Moya town hall itself for many years to be able to realize a historic claim with this new space which becomes a meeting point in the history of Spain.
Its strategic location in the Rincón de Ademuz, made Santa Cruz the place in the 40s of the 20th century where a large number of maquis, republican fighters who were part of the Guerrilla Group of the Levant and Aragon (AGLA)the most important resistance led by the Communist Party in Spain, whose history is honored every year in this municipality.
This weekend, the city celebrates the 25th edition of its “El Maquis in Santa Cruz de Moya” days, which have established themselves over the years as an unmissable event for historians, memorial groups, residents and visitors. The oral memory maintained popularly among neighbors is the germ of these days on the Spanish guerrilla war that the association and the various councils have maintained throughout these 25 years, “in the tough and in the thick”.
The first vice-president was accompanied by the mayor of the municipality, Virgilio Antón; the president of La Gavilla Verde, José Gorgues; the general director of Historical Memory of the Spanish Government, Zoraida Hijosa; the Council delegate in Cuenca, María Ángeles López; and the subdelegate of the Government in the province, Mª Luz Fernández; among others.
