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795 prisoners escaped Ezcaba prison in Europe's largest flight

86
years ago

22 May 1938,

In Pamplona there was one of the most significant leaks in Europe, with 795 prisoners escaped from Ezcaba prison. They disarmed the guards and managed to control the prison. Three managed to cross the border, but nearly 200 people died while others were tried and executed while the others were imprisoned.

On this day
1905General strike in Barakaldo to denounce the dismissal of a family
1943Franco bought thousands of copies of Hitler's biography for public libraries.
1968A team of football players holds the seat of the French Football Federation in Paris

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1938-04-11
Francoist military police arrested about 30 people in the Catachu bar raid in Pamplona
1938-05-04
The Vatican slipped in favor of Franco, praising the “National Crusade”
1938-05-14
Fascist farewell of the English football team in Berlin
1938-05-22
795 prisoners escaped Ezcaba prison in Europe's largest flight
1938-05-29
In Estella Casimira Andiarena screamed “Down the arms!” in the middle of a military holiday
1938-05-30
The Spanish military governor prohibited the churches of Hego Euskal Herria from making preaches in Euskera
1938-06-27
Tenants in East London’s Stepney Workers District started an income strike
1938-07-25
The Battle of the Ebro begins, the longest and most violent battle of the 1936 War
1938-08-31
The director of the Urola train, Ramón Pagola, published the tickets in Euskera
1938-10-21
Fine of 500 pesetas for calling your son on “Jontxu” street
1938-10-30
Orson Welles performed the radio novel 'War between Worlds' in the United States amid an alien invasion
1938-11-09
In Germany and Austria the Nazis made a pogroma against the Jews 'Night of broken crystals'
1938-11-16
End of the Battle of the Ebro
1938-11-26
Basque Boys football team, made up of Basque refugee children fleeing war, played the first friendly match in Wales
1938-11-28
A person was arrested at Café Iruña for not being raised with the Spanish hymn and making a fascist greeting

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40
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45
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1979-05-04
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55
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1969-05-25
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55
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1969-05-06
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80
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1944-05-26
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100
years ago
1924-05-06
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115
years ago
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190
years ago
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